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DAVID VERN BILLINGS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 14, 1946 – January 7, 1966
Service recordDavid Vern Billings, of Lake City, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 7, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 56
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Lake City, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 56
- RICHARD JOSEPH CALLANANCaptain · January 7, 1966
- LEE CHRIS DIXONCaptain · January 7, 1966
- JON ALFRED GREENLEYFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH HORNYAKLance Corporal · January 7, 1966
From Lake City
- JOHN STEWART DURLINPetty Officer Third Class · June 23, 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.