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MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 11, 1944 – August 14, 1966
Service recordMichael James Billero JR, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 118 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 3
- RONALD LEE WOODSPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
- LAURIE LEON ALEXANDERStaff Sergeant · August 14, 1966
- WILLIAM MCKINLEY BALDWINSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- WAYLAND DUNN JRSergeant · August 14, 1966
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
- EMERY GEORGE MIKULAFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
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.