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EASLEY PHILLIP BYERS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 11, 1947 – December 23, 1969
Service recordEasley Phillip Byers JR, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 85
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15W, Line 85
- DAVID EDWARD BERGFELDTSpecialist Five · December 23, 1969
- RUSSELL LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · December 23, 1969
- JOEL LESLIE COOKLance Corporal · December 23, 1969
- DANIEL WINSLOW EDWARDS JRSergeant First Class · December 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID EDWARD BERGFELDTSpecialist Five · Panel 15W, Line 85
- OSCAR BURL LYLES JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 86
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 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.