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BILLY WAYNE PLATT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 22, 1941 – August 22, 1967
Service recordBilly Wayne Platt, of La Porte, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 31
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1941
- Home of record
- La Porte, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1967; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 31
- DONALD ARTHUR MIDDLETONLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- BURKE HENDERSON MORGANMajor · August 22, 1967
- GEROLD LEE MOUNCESergeant · August 22, 1967
- MAURICE J NILEPrivate · August 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 28
- JOEL EDWARD FALLERSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 28
- CHARLES JOHN HOBAN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 29
- CHRISTOPHER ALLAN LESKYSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 30
- GEROLD LEE MOUNCESergeant · Panel 25E, Line 31
From La Porte
- KENNETH EARL BAKER JRAirman First Class · March 22, 1968
- ROGER LEE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · July 9, 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.