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BILLY T HATFIELD
Captain · U.S. Army
April 8, 1932 – July 13, 1964
Service recordBilly T Hatfield, of Eufaula, Alabama, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Intelligence Staff Officer (G2,a2,s2) (89301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 8, 1932
- Home of record
- Eufaula, Alabama (Barbour County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1964
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1964. In July 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 58
- JOSEPH WILLIAM BURKETTMajor · July 13, 1964
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH WILLIAM BURKETTMajor · Panel 1E, Line 58
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · Panel 1E, Line 58
From Eufaula
- JERDY ALBERT WRIGHT JRColonel · October 31, 1965
- JAMES DAVID SUGGSPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- CHARLES CLARENCE WALKERSpecialist Four · March 29, 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.