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BILLY TEMPLETON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 28, 1948 – November 9, 1967
Service recordBilly Templeton, of Pelham, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Pelham, Georgia (Mitchell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 63
- FREDDIE LEE THOMAS JRStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- QUINN WILLIAM TICHENORPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- PHILIP RAYMOND WAHLCorporal · November 9, 1967
- DAVID HENRY WAINSCOTTStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT MICHAEL BATESSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 56
- ANTHONY EUGENE BUCKNERPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 56
- DONALD STEVEN HOLKESpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 58
- JAMES RAY HOWARDSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 59
- ROBERT LAWRENCE HALEPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 60
- DENNIS RICHARD PODGORNYCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 61
- ROBERT E SCHARON IIICorporal · Panel 29E, Line 61
- LARRY DOUGLAS SHARPPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 62
- FREDDIE LEE THOMAS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 63
- QUINN WILLIAM TICHENORPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 63
- JAMES CALVIN WHITMOREPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 64
- ROBERT J WINTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 64
- TYRONE WRIGHTSpecialist Five · Panel 29E, Line 64
From Pelham
- CARL LEE PALMERPlatoon Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- MORRIS JAMES POWELLSergeant · February 7, 1966
- EARNEST ALFRED TUCKER JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1966
- JOE WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- DONALD LAWRENCE GLOVERPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- HARRIS ALAN FOLMARSecond Lieutenant · June 6, 1968
- MAXIE DEAN REGISTERPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.