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GARY DEAN BYRD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 21, 1945 – October 13, 1967
Service recordGary Dean Byrd, of Houstonia, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Houstonia, Missouri (Pettis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 99
- LEONARD WAYNE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- JOEL HENRY CHAPINPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- JOSEPH DEWEY DAIGLEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- JOHN LEONARD EDWARDSStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GUY LESTER BELLEWStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 98
- JOSEPH DEWEY DAIGLEPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 99
- JOHN LEONARD EDWARDSStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 99
- CHARLES MILTON HOUSERMajor · Panel 27E, Line 101
- JAMES PAUL PURKEYSpecialist Five · Panel 27E, Line 103
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.