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BILLY WAYNE LAMB
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 15, 1946 – December 22, 1966
Service recordBilly Wayne Lamb, of Milton, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Milton, Florida (Santa Rosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 72
- PHILLIP HOWARD HESSLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- JAMES SHELTON HOLLISPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
- GEORGE WALLACE JONESPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
- RENOLD WILLIAM PETERSONPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
From Milton
- WILLIAM HERBERT MAYHAIRSpecialist Four · July 5, 1966
- CHARLES DAVID HATFIELDPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- JAMES HENRY SMITHPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT ERNEST MASONSergeant · June 20, 1967
- EDWIN LENARD SHUBERT JRFirst Lieutenant · June 28, 1967
- DONALD STANDLEY GILLMANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1968
- RICHARD LOYD BRAY IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- LARRY GENE YEAGERSpecialist Four · July 11, 1970
- WARREN STEPHEN LAWSONFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 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.