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DONALD EDWARD BYRUM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 17, 1947 – June 28, 1966
Service recordDonald Edward Byrum, of Wooster, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Wooster, Ohio (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 103
- MANUEL ALICEA JRPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BINGHAMPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- JAMES WILLIAM CAPUTOLance Corporal · June 28, 1966
- ANTHONY FRANK CAVALLIFirst Lieutenant · June 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MANUEL ALICEA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 103
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BINGHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 103
- GERALD LEE CROSBYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 104
- HARRY GORDON DYERSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 104
- CARL EUGENE FELLSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 104
- PEDRO LUIS LAMOURT-TOSADOPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 105
- ARTHUR G MITCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 105
- RUSSELL LEE PRICESergeant · Panel 8E, Line 105
- GERALD R ROLFPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 105
- LAWRENCE F RUNEYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 105
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 106
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 106
From Wooster
- JENNINGS MILROY THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1967
- RUSSELL RAY FLESHERSecond Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM KRAFTPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- WALTER LEWIS MOSES JRSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- MILLARD RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- DENNIS CRAIG MARSHALLCorporal · September 13, 1970
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.