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CLIFFORD LAMONT BYRD
Private · U.S. Army
April 11, 1950 – September 8, 1971
Service recordClifford Lamont Byrd, of Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 12
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1971; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 12
- CLAUDIE LEE COXStaff Sergeant · September 8, 1971
- ROBERT JOE ELLIOTTChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 8, 1971
- WAYNE CARL ROCHOWICZSpecialist Four · September 8, 1971
- JOHN ANDREW SERVICEStaff Sergeant · September 8, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CLAUDIE LEE COXStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 12
- WAYNE CARL ROCHOWICZSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 12
From Hartford
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · February 18, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · June 24, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 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.