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GEORGE ELLIS BYRD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 30, 1947 – February 26, 1967
Service recordGeorge Ellis Byrd, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 26, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 94
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Postal Clerk (0161)
- Born
- November 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 94
- CLARK DAVID FRANKLINPetty Officer Third Class · April 24, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS CARNOSKEPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- BRADLEY CHAVISSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- JOHN K DAVISStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1967
- JUAN GARCIASpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- CHARLES LATTIMORE JRSergeant · April 11, 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.