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BILLY WAYNE BRIDGEMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 5, 1946 – May 3, 1968
Service recordBilly Wayne Bridgeman, of Virgie, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 22
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Virgie, Kentucky (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 22
- LEROY NORRIS WRIGHTSergeant First Class · May 2, 1968
- PAUL LEONARD YOSTSergeant · May 2, 1968
- PAUL ARNOLD YOUNGMANPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- OLIVER ANDERSONSergeant First Class · May 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JESSE CARMONA JRCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 24
- ARTHUR FLETCHER CHANEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 54E, Line 24
- DERVIN JOHN KEISLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 26
- JOHN EDWARD MANSONPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 27
- BOBBY LYN MCKAINChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 54E, Line 27
- GEORGE JAMES SINGLETONPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 29
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.