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CONAL JOSEPH BYRNE JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 26, 1943 – September 21, 1967
Service recordConal Joseph Byrne JR, of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · 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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- October 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1967; 44 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 99
- JEDH COLBY BARKERLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- WILLIAM AARON BERRYCorporal · September 21, 1967
- CHARLES MIKE CASTILLOLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- RAYMOND CLAYPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
From Drexel Hill
- ROBERT DANIEL HIGBEELance Corporal · August 10, 1966
- MICHAEL JOHN CALLAHANPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- RICHARD CRAWFORD NELSONCommander · March 6, 1968
- WILLIAM ALLEN REESFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- DONALD RAY WENTZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- DENNIS ROSS PAUL ISOMCaptain · March 3, 1969
- DONALD BRYAN MANCILLFirst Lieutenant · September 6, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES KERLCaptain · February 6, 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.