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BILLY RAY VENABLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 7, 1945 – August 26, 1968
Service recordBilly Ray Venable, of Liberal, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 35
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Liberal, Missouri (Barton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 35
- MICHAEL PATRICK TROLIAPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES TWISTPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- VERNON MARTIN WALLACELance Corporal · August 26, 1968
- PHILIP WARREN WEAVERCorporal · August 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE RANDOLPH BULLENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46W, Line 30
From Liberal
- SHELBY MILES TROTTERPrivate First Class · July 7, 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.