THE WALL OF FACES

I still remember Billy as that red headed freckled faced little boy who was 1 week older than me and my cousin. I respect his memory and appreciate what he did for our country and for us the American people. Rest in peace Billy.

Dear Sp4 Billy Lee, Thank you for your service as an Infantryman. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Happy Spring! For many of us, we have begun Lent. The time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

Billy was brother and best friend that I think about all of the time.I often wonder what life would have been like to have you here with me and you family today.I will always love you and think of you,I want to thank your loving sister Laura for all her help in doing this for you.With all our love!

You were one of the brave that answered the call. You honored us by your service and sacrifice. We now honor you each time we stand and sing the words “THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE”. Rest in Peace and Honor Billy.

On 7 October 1966, a patrol from Charlie Company was ambushed and decimated in a firefight with Viet Cong (VC) forces as they moved through a flat, grassy, populated area with major rice fields to the east, west and south of the Song Van Co Dong River. The ambush site was located approximately 1 mile east of Khiem Cuong, 6 miles northeast of the Song Van Co Dong River, 17 miles west-northwest of Tan Son Nhut Airfield that was on the northeast edge of Saigon and 17 miles due east of the South Vietnamese/Cambodian border, Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam.

One man, after capture, SGT Sammie Norman Womack, was marched north to the VC prison camp in Tay Ninh Province as were other Americans captured before him. He was released on February 7, 1967.

The 10 other men who perished in this assault that wiped out their patrol were:

SP4 Francisco Peraza Chaira, Tempe, Arizona
SP4 Herman Lee Cooper, Town Creek, Alabama
SSG Dennis Garland, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
SP4 Keith Eugene Hix, Kansas City, Missouri
SP4 William Francis Kern, Algona, Iowa
SP4 Billy Lee, Walhalla, South Carolina
SP4 Alan Frank Lucas, Cleveland, Ohio
PFC Billy Franklin Mooneyham, Pikeville, Tennessee
PFC Halley Don Whitlock, Gladewater, Texas
SP4 Paul Frank Widtfeldt, Jr., Council Bluffs, Iowa