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JAMES ARTHUR BILLINGS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 17, 1946 – May 21, 1968
Service recordJames Arthur Billings JR, of Flushing, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 11
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 11
- ERNEST AUSTIN BAKER JRCorporal · May 21, 1968
- JIMBOB BICKLEStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARD BIESIADASergeant · May 21, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK BROWNSecond Lieutenant · May 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ELWOOD TONGENPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 3
- ALLEN WALTER VANDERHOOFCorporal · Panel 65E, Line 3
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 30, 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.