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BILLY WAYNE DENLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 3, 1950 – October 28, 1969
Service recordBilly Wayne Denley, of Elliott, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Elliott, Mississippi (Grenada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 127
- ERLE FLETCHER DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 28, 1969
- ARTHUR FOXWORTHSergeant First Class · October 28, 1969
- CHARLES F GAMBLE JRSpecialist Four · October 28, 1969
- WALTER MURRAH GIBSONFirst Lieutenant · October 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE HERMAN AYALASpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 125
- CHARLES EVERETT BOXLERPrivate · Panel 17W, Line 126
- TERRENCE CHARLES CONNOLLYCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 126
- RALPH SILVIO CINOTTISpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 128
- FERMAN BOBBY HODGESChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 17W, Line 128
- RALPH DULANE TADEVICWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 17W, Line 129
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.