Billie Clifford Loomis
| Born | 19 JUL 1936 |
| Died | 3 JUN 1968 |
| Service Branch | Army |
| Rank | Private First Class |
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| Campaign | Viet Nam |
| Military Citations | Purple Heart |
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Pfc. Billie Clifford Loomis July 19, 1936-June 3. 1968 Oroville Billie Loomis was born in Gridley and grew up in Palermo. In 1953, at age 17. he joined the Army and served a four-year stint. Loomis left the Army and moved to Susanville, where he worked in a lumber mill for a number of years. In the mid-1960s, he re-joined the Army and was trained as a cook. In May 1968, he was sent to Vietnam as a replacement infantryman. “He was killed in one of them swamps.” said a close relative, “He wrote one letter, and before we got his second, he was killed.”
Courtesy Chico News & Review
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| Sources | Chico News & Review |
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