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BILLY WAYNE DISHEROON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 10, 1948 – August 22, 1971
Service recordBilly Wayne Disheroon, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1971, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 136 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 136
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1971; two of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 136
- DAVID WAYNE FRADYSpecialist Four · August 22, 1971
- DWIGHT BRINSON HOWELLSergeant · August 22, 1971
- WILLIAM ERNEST LAMARSergeant · August 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WAYNE FRADYSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 136
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.