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WILLIAM BOYD TULLY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
August 27, 1936 – November 5, 1962
Service recordWilliam Boyd Tully, of Maysville, Kentucky, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 5, 1962, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 14
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 27, 1936
- Home of record
- Maysville, Kentucky (Mason County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1962
- Age
- 26
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1962; two of them were lost in An Xugen Province. In November 1962, 4 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 14
- JOHNNIE GENE LEESergeant · November 3, 1962
- GARRY CLAYTON MCFETRIDGEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1962
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
From Maysville
- BILLY EUGENE SNIPESStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- ERNIE WAYNE ROSSERCorporal · December 11, 1966
- DONALD RANDELL LEWISLance Corporal · February 25, 1969
- BILLY RAY LUCASSergeant · May 19, 1970
- JAMES DOUGLAS GROVESPrivate · May 10, 1972
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.