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KENNETH DALE BILLS
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 15, 1950 – August 22, 1970
Service recordKenneth Dale Bills, of Greenfield, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 129
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Greenfield, Tennessee (Weakley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 129
- DAVID JAMES CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · August 22, 1970
- GLEN ALEX CHAVEZPrivate First Class · August 22, 1970
- WAYNE ROBERT DAVISSpecialist Four · August 22, 1970
- JAMES ALLAN DONAHUECorporal · August 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE ROBERT DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 129
- ROBERT MICHAEL DURALLCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 130
- GARY LEE FRAZIERSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 130
- LAWRENCE GEIGERPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 130
- ROBERT ONEAL NIMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 131
- RONALD LEE YOUNGSpecialist Five · Panel 8W, Line 132
From Greenfield
- DANNY E CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.