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RICHARD WAYNE BILLINGSLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 27, 1944 – August 25, 1966
Service recordRichard Wayne Billingsley, of Glendale, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 25, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 36
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Glendale, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 36
- RAYMOND AUGUSTA BROOKSPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- MAX L BRUBAKERPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HARRY BULLARDLieutenant (junior grade) · August 25, 1966
- DAVID EARL GARRAPYCorporal · August 25, 1966
From Glendale
- RONALD WAYNE MACKLINWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- GARY NELS NELSONCorporal · June 4, 1966
- ALLAN JOSEPH ALTIERIPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- GLENN EDWARD INSPRUCKERFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- GARY THOMAS MCCLAINLance Corporal · December 24, 1966
- BRUCE DIXON PATTERSONLance Corporal · January 13, 1967
- STEPHEN FRANK BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- LARRY ROY STEPHANSecond Lieutenant · May 1, 1967
- RICHARD DUANE KLUGPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
- LARRY LEONARD MAXAMCorporal · February 2, 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.