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BILLY ROBERT WOHLGAMUTH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 11, 1947 – October 26, 1967
Service recordBilly Robert Wohlgamuth, of Sylvania, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 26, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 77
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Sylvania, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. 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 28E, Line 77
- RICHARD WILLIAM STEINSpecialist Four · October 26, 1967
- STEVE MONROE SUMMERLINLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
- STANLEY WILLIAM TUNALLSergeant · October 26, 1967
- DUANE CHARLES AKKERMANPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
From Sylvania
- FRANK OCHOA FLOREZ JRPrivate First Class · October 27, 1965
- CHRIS WALTER FRANKHAUSERCorporal · May 9, 1968
- DENNIS HERRONPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- CARL HARMAN PETERS JRSergeant · March 23, 1969
- ANDREW THOMAS BRASSFIELDStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1970
- ROBERT PAUL PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · June 23, 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.