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BILLY WAYNE EARP
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 13, 1947 – August 10, 1969
Service recordBilly Wayne Earp, of Decatur, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 122
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Decatur, Alabama (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 122
- WILLIAM RONALD DICKEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- DONALD LYLE ELLIOTTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- STEPHEN GLOWELance Corporal · August 10, 1969
- JEFFREY ALAN SCHONFIELDSpecialist Four · August 10, 1969
From Decatur
- TOMMY L NICHOLASPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- RONALD DUDLEY RICHCorporal · December 28, 1966
- JOHN EARL MCVAYPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE HOSE JRLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- BOBBY RAY ALEXANDERCorporal · November 16, 1967
- ARIE TERRYCorporal · April 30, 1968
- WILLIAM HILLIARD OVERTONFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1969
- CARL EUGENE MORGANPrivate First Class · August 3, 1969
- MORGAN WILLIAM WEEDFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1970
- RODGER PINKNEY CROWSpecialist Four · August 30, 1970
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.