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BILLY RAY STUBBS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 5, 1950 – May 4, 1969
Service recordBilly Ray Stubbs, of Lakeside, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 2
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Lakeside, Arizona (Navajo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1969; nine of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 2
- DON LEWIS ROSSSergeant · May 4, 1969
- ALAN EDWARD SINGERSergeant · May 4, 1969
- RICHARD DONALD SWEETPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
- CLIFFORD TABOR JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES POTITO FLAGELLAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 110
- MICHAEL EUGENE LEMASTERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26W, Line 110
- WILLIAM DAVID BRITTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 112
- NORMAN LEE PLEMMONSSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 1
- WILLIAM DANIEL QUINN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 1
- ROBERT LEE THOMASSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 1
- DON LEWIS ROSSSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 2
- CLIFFORD TABOR JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 2
- MILTON WILLIAM REMMLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 25W, Line 3
From Lakeside
- DONALD EDWIN SCHWARZPrivate First Class · February 13, 1969
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.