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BILLY WAYNE MACHEN
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
December 20, 1938 – August 19, 1966
Service recordBilly Wayne Machen, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 19, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 19
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radarman (RD)
- Born
- December 20, 1938
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 19
- DALE LEE CLARKLance Corporal · August 19, 1966
- PETER DUGNESSCorporal · August 19, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD HUMPHRIESPrivate First Class · August 19, 1966
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.