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RUFUS WILSON BILLS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 27, 1932 – August 3, 1967
Service recordRufus Wilson Bills, of Sweetwater, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 71
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 27, 1932
- Home of record
- Sweetwater, Texas (Nolan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1967; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 71
- JOHN WILLIAM BISCHOFFCaptain · August 3, 1967
- CLARENCE HERBERT BROOKSSpecialist Four · August 3, 1967
- RONALD LEE BUMPUSSergeant · August 3, 1967
- FREDDIE DON LAWSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1967
From Sweetwater
- WILLIAM ROY WATTFirst Lieutenant · February 29, 1968
- WILMER DWAYNE WILSONHospitalman · April 16, 1968
- DONALD NEAL KENNONMajor · February 13, 1969
- CURTIS MORRIS ASHTONPetty Officer First Class · December 27, 1969
- CLARENCE S TURNER IIISpecialist Five · January 14, 1970
- HAROLD DALE DARNELLSergeant · January 20, 1970
- WILLIAM ACE BILLY MORTONSergeant · June 5, 1970
- R D MCDONELLStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1971
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.