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JOE BILLY MCNETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 4, 1951 – November 12, 1970
Service recordJoe Billy McNett, of West Burlington, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 54
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 4, 1951
- Home of record
- West Burlington, Iowa (Des Moines County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1970; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 54
- GARLAND PARIS FELTONSergeant First Class · November 12, 1970
- DAVID LEE HATCHERSpecialist Four · November 12, 1970
- DAVID BAKER HOCKENSMITHPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
- JESSE LYNN KESTLERPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSE GILBERT BARRERAPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 52
- JOHN DANIEL BARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 53
- DONALD WARREN CHIPP JRSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 53
- ROGER DALE COLEPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 53
- TITUS LEE EPPSPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 53
- GARLAND PARIS FELTONSergeant First Class · Panel 6W, Line 54
- DAVID LEE HATCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 54
- JESSE LYNN KESTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 54
- WILLIAM CLEMON REEDCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 55
- CRAIG THOMAS RESKAPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 55
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.