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GARY ARTHUR BILLHIMER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 24, 1947 – April 17, 1967
Service recordGary Arthur Billhimer, of Santa Fe Springs, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 38
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Santa Fe Springs, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 38
- DEAN ROGER ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · April 16, 1967
- ROSARIO RUSSEL ABBATESergeant · April 17, 1967
- VINCENT JAMES AGIUSLance Corporal · April 17, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDREW DISHMANPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
From Santa Fe Springs
- JOSE HERNANDEZ QUINTEROSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- EUGENIO RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · July 23, 1967
- DENNIS EARL FULLERPrivate First Class · January 19, 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.