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BYRON MORROW SPEER
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 17, 1944 – June 13, 1967
Service recordByron Morrow Speer, of San Marino, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 13, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 99
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- January 17, 1944
- Home of record
- San Marino, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 99
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
- TOMMY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
- GERALD CAIN STELLESergeant · June 13, 1967
- MANUEL VEGA TORRESSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
From San Marino
- KENNETH NEWLON GOODCaptain · January 2, 1963
- FRED ANTONY EXNER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · November 20, 1969
- ROBERT CONN CHAUDOINFirst Lieutenant · March 27, 1971
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.