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WILLIS J BILLEAUD JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 14, 1944 – July 20, 1968
Service recordWillis J Billeaud JR, of Broussard, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 16
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Broussard, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 16
- RAYMOND ALBERT YOUNGChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 19, 1968
- ALAN FRANCIS ANGELLSergeant · July 20, 1968
- ANTHONY WILLIAM ARELLANOCorporal · July 20, 1968
- HUGH BERNARD BROWN IIIFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1968
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.