Billy Lee Peters

Specialist Five
HHC, 14TH ENG BN, 45TH ENG GRP, 18TH ENG BDE, USARV
Army of the United States
17 September 1947 - 22 October 1969
Mount Vernon, Ohio
Panel 17W Line 106

USARV 18TH ENG BDE
Army Engineers

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Billy Lee Peters

26 Apr 2005

Well here I am in Vietnam,
Doing my best for Old Uncle Sam.
It's not really a lot,
But we're dying for the same reason our forefathers fought.
I say we but, not actually me, but thee,
The ones that die help keep our land free.
You could say I'm not much of a G.I.,
But at least I know and understand why we die.
Yes, I volunteered for V.C. land,
If only I'd thought it over and made a few more plans.
Now I'm dying in this far off land,
And I can almost hear old Gab's band.

SP5 Billy Lee Peters



Billy, age 12 (1959)



Graduation photo

From his cousins,
Bob and Shirley Hull
shibob27@columbus.rr.com

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Headquarters Company, 14th Engineers, lost two men in action on 22 Oct 1969: SP5 Billy Peters and SP5 Paul A. Hughes of Waterbury, Connecticutt.




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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 26 Apr 2005
Last updated 11/13/2010