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BILLY WAYNE ADDIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 29, 1946 – April 21, 1970
Service recordBilly Wayne Addis, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 29
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 Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 29
- RICHARD HENRY WARDSpecialist Four · April 20, 1970
- ROBERT JOHN ZONNE JRCaptain · April 20, 1970
- CARL TIMOTHY BAUERStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1970
- DENNIS MICHAEL BOYERSpecialist Five · April 21, 1970
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
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.