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BILLY RAY MCCULLOUGH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 4, 1950 – May 16, 1970
Service recordBilly Ray McCullough, of Lowndesville, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 53
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Lowndesville, South Carolina (Abbeville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 53
- EUGENE FLOYD MCNALLYLieutenant Commander · May 16, 1970
- CHARLES RICHARD MCNULTYStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1970
- JOE EDWARD RABERSergeant · May 16, 1970
- DONALD EUGENE RILESPrivate First Class · May 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LYN CHRISTOPHERSONCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 48
- GERALD CLINTON MAUNEYSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 49
- NEAL RAY FRANKSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 50
- DAVID LAWRENCE JONESStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 51
- JOHN ROY MARIANICorporal · Panel 10W, Line 52
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.