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CHARLES BYRD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 1, 1946 – May 25, 1968
Service recordCharles Byrd, of San Jose, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 69W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 69W · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 1, 1946
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 69W, Line 1
- CHESTER BRISCOE JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- JAMES CLIFFORD BUTLER JRCorporal · May 25, 1968
- BRIAN EUGENE CAMPBELLHospitalman · May 25, 1968
- THOMAS J DAVIS IIISergeant · May 25, 1968
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.