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BILLY RAY HUSSEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 6, 1945 – November 15, 1966
Service recordBilly Ray Hussey, of Seagrove, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 2 BN 8 INF
- Born
- April 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Seagrove, North Carolina (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12E, Line 74
- THOMAS CLAYTON JACKSONGunnery Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES KEIPERStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- THOMAS C MITCHELLPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
From Seagrove
- CLARENCE F BROWN JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 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.