[8] Billado also continued to serve in the National Guard, becoming Lieutenant Colonel and second in command of the 172nd Infantry Regiment in 1946.

[9] Billado's military education included completion of the United States Army Command and General Staff College.

At the time, elections took place in February of each odd-numbered year, and terms start in March.)

[12] Billado died suddenly at his home in Burlington on September 13, 1966, as the result of accidentally choking on a piece of food.

[13][14][15][16] He was buried in Colchester's Fort Ethan Allen Cemetery, across the road from the Vermont National Guard headquarters at Camp Johnson.

[21] They had three children: Francis William, Barrie Lynne (Cohen), and Virginia Helen (Farrell).