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BILLY RAYVON NORRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1945 – February 19, 1968
Service recordBilly Rayvon Norris, of De Funiak Springs, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 26, 1945
- Home of record
- De Funiak Springs, Florida (Walton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; 19 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 27
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE MCMAHONSergeant · February 19, 1968
- DANIEL ALAN NELSONLance Corporal · February 19, 1968
- MICHAEL WARREN NORMANLance Corporal · February 19, 1968
- CHARLES EMMETTE OLSONPetty Officer Third Class · February 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRENCE EUGENE FEDORPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 20
- RONALD BARRY LANNINGPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 24
- JOHN B MADISONStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 24
- ROBERT EMMETT TYNERPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 33
From De Funiak Springs
- JAMES D HENDERSONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1967
- WILBUR LYNN COSSONPetty Officer First Class · July 7, 1967
- RICHARD GUSTAVE HAILE JRSergeant · May 30, 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.