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BILLY WELLS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 3, 1948 – October 3, 1968
Service recordBilly Wells, of Northport, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 2
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Northport, Alabama (Tuscaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1968; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 2
- KENNETH WILSON SHOOKAirman First Class · September 24, 1968
- MICHAEL DUANE SEESpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- ROGER LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES WALLACEStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1968
- DENNIS ARTHUR WIRTSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BYRONSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 66
From Northport
- JIMMY B TAYLORSergeant · April 2, 1966
- CARL BROWNSpecialist Four · November 18, 1966
- JOHN ALBERT HAMNERPlatoon Sergeant · February 13, 1967
- ARNOLD HOSEA SULLIVANSergeant · January 8, 1968
- WOODROW WILSON BISHOP JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1969
- OTIS CARTHAGE JRCorporal · December 28, 1969
- DONALD RICHARD WHITEWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 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.