US PARAS 2 Brister, Billy Mac

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Brister ​

• FORENAME

Billy Mac ​

• UNIT

187 Infantry Regiment (Airmobile) (Company C,3 Bn) ​

• RANK

Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

54510697 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

22nd May 1968 ​

• AGE

21 ​

• GRAVESITE

Mount Zion Cemetery,Apple Springs,Trinity County,Texas​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Groveton,Texas​

born 8.10.1946 Nacogdoches,Texas​

son of Oscar and Callie Doris (nee McDougald) Brister,Route 1,Groveton,Texas​

father (1914-87) served as PFC US Army in WW2​

single​

graduated Center High School​

14 months service​

former 87 Artillery Regiment (Battery C,3 Bn) (on headstone)​

accidental death (non hostile) Binh Duong Province,South Vietnam ​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 65E Line 5 ​

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SGT Billy M. Brister, SP4 Fred H. Osburn, and PFC Anthony D. Hatcher were members of C Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division. On May 22, 1968, they were fatally injured while in their billet at base camp when a grenade accidently detonated.​