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BYRON GRANT HIGHLAND
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 8, 1934 – February 21, 1967
Service recordByron Grant Highland, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 21, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 69
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Photographer/Motion Media (4671)
- Born
- February 8, 1934
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1967; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 69
- HAROLD GOMEZCorporal · February 21, 1967
- RAY MELVIN HARMONSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- GLENN ALVIN HARRISLance Corporal · February 21, 1967
- WALTER LEE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1967
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.