Unsung Heroes of Morgan County AL: Army Corporal Billy Wayne Earp

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Army Corporal Billy Wayne Earp

born March 13, 1947
died August 10, 1969 Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam
buried Decatur Cemetery
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parents Louis and Lillian Valentine Earp

Unit - C CO, 1ST BN, 20TH INFANTRY, 11TH INFANTRY BDE, AMERICAL DIV, USARV

MOS 11b10

From Decatur, Alabama

I am an American Soldier.

I am a Warrior and a member of a team.

I serve the people of the United States and live the Army Values.

I will always place the mission first.

I will never accept defeat.

I will never quit.

I will never leave a fallen comrade.

I am disciplined, physically and mentally tough,

trained and proficient in my warrior tasks and drills.

I always maintain my arms, my equipment and myself.

I am an expert and I am a professional.

I stand ready to deploy, engage, and destroy

the enemies of the United States of America in close combat.

I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life.

I am an American Soldier.

RITES SET TODAY FOR WAR VICTIM -
Full military services for Army Pfc. Billy Wayne Earp, 22, killed by a sniper's bullet in Vietnam two weeks ago today, will be at 2 p.m. today at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Rev. Don Smith officiating, with burial in Decatur Cemetery, Guntharp directing.

Survivors other than the widow, include parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Earp, Decatur; three brothers, Homer Earp, Army, Ft. Benning, Ga; Larry Earp, and Joe Earp both of Decatur; grandmothers, Mrs. Davis Prince and Mrs. Mattie Wilson, both of Decatur.

Pfc. Earp had been in Vietnam three months. His young widow, Mrs. Margie Earp, is expecting her first child. They were married four days before he left enroute to Vietnam early last May.

Mrs. Earp has been living with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Brinkley, 1303 5th Avenue SE, since her husband left to go overseas.
DECATUR DAILY - August 24, 1969