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BILLY WAYNE GLASS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 24, 1948 – April 19, 1970
Service recordBilly Wayne Glass, of Covington, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 19, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Covington, Tennessee (Tipton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 24
- WILLIAM HARRISON PEASESpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- DEAN LEE FREYStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1970
- LAWRENCE LOUIS HENSEY JRSpecialist Four · April 19, 1970
- JAMES DALE JARRETTStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1970
- JEFFREY JOEL JOSEPHStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1970
From Covington
- JERRY WENDELL MCCULLOUGHLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- RONALD GORDON SMITHSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- JAMES ALAN WILKSSpecialist Four · October 27, 1969
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.