The Wall › Panel 6E › Texas › Billy Wayne Morton
BILLY WAYNE MORTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 2, 1944 – March 14, 1966
Service recordBilly Wayne Morton, of Wichita Falls, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 7
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Wichita Falls, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 7
- RICHARD FRANK WALLACECaptain · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT LARIE HILTONAirman First Class · March 14, 1966
- KARL EDWIN KLUTECaptain · March 14, 1966
- FRANK MULLENPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD PLEIMANAirman First Class · March 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILEY COLE BIRKLANDSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 6
- GERALD WILFORD HEUSTONSergeant First Class · Panel 6E, Line 6
- FRANK MULLENPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 7
- RANDALL SHERWOOD HICKMANSergeant First Class · Panel 6E, Line 8
- LIONEL RANDOLPHSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 8
- DANIEL FRANKLIN SHARPCorporal · Panel 6E, Line 8
From Wichita Falls
- RONALD ALAN MILLERSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- CHESTER LEWIS GABLEMajor · February 10, 1966
- THURMAN WAYNE OWENStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- GEORGE GRADY COOPERMajor · January 21, 1967
- JOHNNY EDWARD BRUMLEYSergeant · February 26, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE MOWERFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES SHIVER JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- TEDDY REX DUNNSergeant · May 31, 1967
- JAMES GARY HINCHSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- CLYDE WAYNE STEPHENSCorporal · June 19, 1967
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.