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BILLY RAY MARSHALL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 30, 1946 – November 20, 1969
Service recordBilly Ray Marshall, of Ruston, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 101
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.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Ruston, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 101
- PETER KARL MATTHEICorporal · November 20, 1969
- BRENT HAL MCARTHURSpecialist Four · November 20, 1969
- HAROLD WAYNE MCDONALDSergeant · November 20, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD MOAKE JRSergeant · November 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LESLIE AARON DALRYMPLECorporal · Panel 16W, Line 98
- HAROLD WAYNE MCDONALDSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 101
From Ruston
- STEVE DENNIS LEDFORDPetty Officer Third Class · April 8, 1968
- BILLY NEAL JOHNSTON JRStaff Sergeant · August 16, 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.