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BILLIE BYRD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 22, 1948 – December 29, 1968
Service recordBillie Byrd, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 3
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35W, Line 3
- JAMES IRVING CUTLERSergeant · December 29, 1968
- SAMUEL VERNELL DAVISPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
- ARTHUR JAMES ELLIOT IILieutenant Commander · December 29, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD STRAWBRIDGESpecialist Four · December 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LEROY BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 2
- JAMES JOSEPH MORRISSEYCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 5
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.