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WAYNE JAMES BILLEAUD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 2, 1951 – June 17, 1971
Service recordWayne James Billeaud, of Scott, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 79
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Scott, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 79
- DAVID LEE CURTISSpecialist Four · June 17, 1971
- ERNEST DWIGHT HART JRPrivate First Class · June 17, 1971
- HAROLD EUGENE IMLER JRSpecialist Four · June 17, 1971
- TERRY LEON KELLYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1971
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEON KELLYPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 79
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.