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WILLIAM CHARLES BILY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 13, 1952 – June 11, 1971
Service recordWilliam Charles Bily, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 72
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 13, 1952
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 72
- LOUIE GOOCH MONTOYASpecialist Four · June 10, 1971
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNIFFSergeant · June 11, 1971
- JOHNNY JACKSONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1971
- LOYD EUGENE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1971
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.