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BILLY WAYNE PETTIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 29, 1948 – May 31, 1969
Service recordBilly Wayne Pettis, of Castleberry, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 30
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Castleberry, Alabama (Conecuh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 30
- DENNIS MICHAEL PHILLIPSCaptain · May 31, 1969
- JOHNNY MACK PILSNERCorporal · May 31, 1969
- PHILIP AVERY PRATTSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- ROBERT FRANCIS ROSESpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
From Castleberry
- ARMSTEAD JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · May 8, 1968
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.