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BOBBY JOHN BYRD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 26, 1948 – August 20, 1968
Service recordBobby John Byrd, of San Bruno, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 6
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 26, 1948
- Home of record
- San Bruno, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 6
- VICTOR BOOCHKOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
- DAVID MARTIN BOTTSSergeant · August 20, 1968
- GREGORY VERNON CARRSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- VERNON WEBB CHRISTIAN JRSergeant · August 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY VERNON CARRSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 6
- JOHN ALEXANDER CONNELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47W, Line 7
- FREDDIE LEE COUCHSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 7
- JOAQUIN CHRISTOPHER GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 9
- ROBERT WALLACE LAISCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 10
- FREDDIE KAY MARTINSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 11
- RAYMOND LUNA PEREZSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 11
- DONALD EUGENE RUMMELSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 12
- JERRY RUSSELL SANSINGSpecialist Five · Panel 47W, Line 12
- FREDERICK HOWARD TAPPANSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 13
- CLIFFORD C WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 13
From San Bruno
- CLIFFORD ALTON ROBERTSSergeant · July 9, 1965
- OWEN THOMAS LAVERYPrivate First Class · October 20, 1965
- MARK LAKE MORGANLance Corporal · February 28, 1966
- JOHN L HOLSTEINPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- PETER MICHAEL APODACASpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- ROBERT ELMER FOLSOMLance Corporal · September 19, 1967
- GARY MICHAEL RISTSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
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.