The Wall › Panel 24W › Georgia › Billy Ray Head
BILLY RAY HEAD
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 25, 1939 – May 19, 1969
Service recordBilly Ray Head, of Chickamauga, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 54
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 25, 1939
- Home of record
- Chickamauga, Georgia (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 54
- WILLIAM CARL GEARING JRSpecialist Five · May 19, 1969
- THOMAS MARTIN HOFFMANNLance Corporal · May 19, 1969
- JEREMIAH JUNESpecialist Four · May 19, 1969
- DONALD GLENN KELLYSpecialist Four · May 19, 1969
From Chickamauga
- WILLIAM LEE TERRELLCorporal · March 6, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH WILEYPrivate · January 21, 1969
- THOMAS ARTHUR WATSONCorporal · May 31, 1969
- SAMUEL STEPHEN LANCEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.