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EDDIE BILLUPS JR
Airman · U.S. Navy
December 6, 1942 – November 3, 1965
Service recordEddie Billups JR, of Mermentau, Louisiana, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 3, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 49
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. Navy
- Rank
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airman (AN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS MIDWAY CVA 41
- Born
- December 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Mermentau, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 3E, Line 49
- JACK EARL GELLSergeant · November 14, 1965
- BURREL DALE HUEBNERPrivate First Class · November 14, 1965
- FLOYD DEAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 14, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- LYNN ELDON MINCESergeant · November 14, 1965
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.