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LEE WAYNE BILLINGSLY
Captain · U.S. Army
April 26, 1944 – July 22, 1972
Service recordLee Wayne Billingsly, of Hutchinson, Kansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1972, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 58
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Hutchinson, Kansas (Reno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1972
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1972; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 58
- JAMES RICHARD LAYTONSergeant · July 22, 1972
- GLENN EDWARD NOWAKOWSKIWarrant Officer 1 · July 22, 1972
- JOHN ALBERT SPIRESCaptain · July 22, 1972
- STEPHEN HOWARD GRAVROCKFirst Lieutenant · July 23, 1972
Same unit, same day
- GLENN EDWARD NOWAKOWSKIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 1W, Line 58
From Hutchinson
- KENNETH LEE GLAZEStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- KEITH D GRIFFINSergeant · March 16, 1967
- CHARLES FRANKLIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- JAMES DALE OSENBAUGHPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- RONNIE EUGENE ALVORDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- MICHAEL LUND WILSONSecond Lieutenant · June 3, 1968
- DAVID REID NELSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- GARY LEE BROWNINGSpecialist Four · September 18, 1968
- DENNIS BLAINE GREENSeaman Apprentice · January 19, 1969
- ROLLAND KEITH FRYSpecialist Four · May 2, 1969
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.