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BILLY W MCKEEL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 1, 1940 – January 12, 1967
Service recordBilly W McKeel, of Wayne, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 17
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 1, 1940
- Home of record
- Wayne, North Carolina (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1967; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 14E, Line 17
- CLAYTON CHARLES KEMP JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 12, 1967
- CHARLES D MAXWELLMaster Sergeant · January 12, 1967
- WAYNE CONRAD REINECKEPetty Officer Third Class · January 12, 1967
- RENE REYNOSOSpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWARD BUSCHPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 14
- FREDERICK THOMAS CARTERPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 14
- RODNEY GEORGE DRAKESpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 14
- ANGUS N JACKSONSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 15
- THOMAS ERWIN MATUSHPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 16
- RENE REYNOSOSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 17
- SANDER CHRIS SANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 18
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.