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ELMER DON BYRD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 2, 1946 – September 5, 1967
Service recordElmer Don Byrd, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 113
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1967; eight of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 113
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRENNANPrivate First Class · September 5, 1967
- DIETER HANS BURGERStaff Sergeant · September 5, 1967
- DAVID CALVITTISpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- DONALD WILLIAM DOWNINGLieutenant Colonel · September 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRENNANPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 113
- ARNOLD BENSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 114
- WILLIE LEE JONES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 1
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 2
- EDWIN PAUL PRENTICESpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 3
- BRAVIE SOTOSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 4
- KENNETH J KRAUSESpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 5
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.