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WILLIAM JOHN BILBO JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1948 – August 26, 1968
Service recordWilliam John Bilbo JR, of New Brighton, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 26
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 4, 1948
- Home of record
- New Brighton, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 26
- WENDELL WARREN ANDERSONSpecialist Four · August 26, 1968
- EARL SHERMAN BAZEMORESpecialist Four · August 26, 1968
- LEWIS LAMAR BIGGERSCorporal · August 26, 1968
- RICHARD LAWRENCE DAUGHERTYCorporal · August 26, 1968
From New Brighton
- ANDREW M HOVANCIK JRSergeant · July 16, 1967
- EDWARD EUGENE SEESergeant Major · October 31, 1969
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.