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BILLY WAYNE LAWS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 16, 1943 – September 27, 1966
Service recordBilly Wayne Laws, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 27, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 22
- RONALD GEORGE JORDETLance Corporal · September 27, 1966
- LAWRENCE FRANK KINNEARPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS ALLEN LOWDENStaff Sergeant · September 27, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.