Billie Joe Wilson
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Staff Sergeant
L CO, 3RD BN, 5TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
21 January 1929 - 09 February 1970
Valley Center, KS
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Billie Joe is buried in Odessa, Texas, at the Sunset
Memorial Gardens Cemetery, near many other Odessans who perished in
Vietnam. He was a 41 year old Marine with 12 years of service when he
was killed in Vietnam. Billie Joe is remembered on the
Permian Basin Vietnam Memorial
located at Midland International Airport, Midland, Texas. Wounded in
combat on 05 Jan 1970. He received three Purple
Hearts.
May his
sacrifice never be forgotten.
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Valley Center, Kansas
Date of birth: Monday, 01/21/1929
MILITARY DATA
Service: Marine Corps (Regular)
Grade at loss: E6
Rank: Staff
Sergeant
ID No: 456422579
MOS:
0369 Infantry Unit Leader
LenSvc: Between 12 and 13
years
Unit: L CO,
3RD BN, 5TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: Saturday, 04/19/1969
Cas Date: Monday, 02/09/1970
Age at Loss: 41
Remains: Body Recovered
Location: Quang Nam, South Vietnam
Type:
Hostile, Died Of Wounds
Reason: Gun, Small Arms
Fire - Ground Casualty
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Billie and Sumitar Wilson were married in
Thailand.
She did not remarry after his death and is
herself now deceased.
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Local Marine
Dies Of Wounds
Marine SSgt Billie Wilson,
41, died at 6:15 p.m. Monday in
the U.S. Naval Hospital in
Yokosuka, Japan.
A former Marine recruiter
here, Wilson was wounded in
action Jan. 5 while serving as
a platoon sergeant in Vietnam.
He sustained a missile wound
which struck his spinal cord
paralyzing him from the chest
down.
He served with the Marine
Corps for 12 years and as a
recruiter in Odessa from April,
1966, to April, 1969, when he
went to Vietnam.
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