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TERRENCE ROY BILLINGS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 13, 1951 – July 27, 1970
Service recordTerrence Roy Billings, of Northfield, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 13, 1951
- Home of record
- Northfield, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 58
- DOUGLAS PAUL ATKINSPrivate First Class · July 27, 1970
- MICHAEL R BLANCHETTESpecialist Four · July 27, 1970
- ALBERT CALMESECorporal · July 27, 1970
- THOMAS FRANCIS DELANOSpecialist Four · July 27, 1970
From Northfield
- ALAN PETER STRAZZANTISergeant · August 25, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD HANNStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1970
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.