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BILLY RAYMOND CHADWICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 3, 1948 – June 17, 1969
Service recordBilly Raymond Chadwick, of Manhattan, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 63
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Manhattan, Kansas (Riley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 63
- BILL LAVERN BERSTLERCorporal · June 17, 1969
- HIRIS WAYNE BLEVINSSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
- RONALD STEVEN CAMPBELLLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- DERRICK COREPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
From Manhattan
- DEAN ALBERT KLENDAMajor · September 17, 1965
- BARTON WAINWRIGHT CAREYPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- EDWARD THEODORE GORMAN IIICorporal · May 16, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE BRENNERMajor · June 13, 1968
- LEO LARRY HADLEYFirst Lieutenant · August 14, 1968
- ROGER ALAN PARRISHFirst Lieutenant · June 10, 1969
- PHILIP JAMES ENLOWSpecialist Five · November 1, 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.