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EATTERSON BYRD JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 24, 1947 – May 28, 1970
Service recordEatterson Byrd JR, of Sycamore, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Sycamore, Illinois (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 112
- ANANIAS BENTFORDCorporal · May 28, 1970
- ROBERT RAYMOND BERNINGCorporal · May 28, 1970
- JUSTIN PAUL BRDASergeant · May 28, 1970
- CLYDE ALVIN BROWNPrivate First Class · May 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROYLE ANDERSSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 111
- ROBERT RAYMOND BERNINGCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 112
- MICHAEL ALBERT FRESECorporal · Panel 10W, Line 113
- JOHN ROBERT GMACKCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 114
- ROBERT BROWN ROSHONCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 116
From Sycamore
- GEORGE DELMER KINNETTAirman First Class · June 7, 1969
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.