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GUY ALBERT BYRD
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 18, 1939 – April 5, 1967
Service recordGuy Albert Byrd, of Enterprise, Alabama, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 102
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 18, 1939
- Home of record
- Enterprise, Alabama (Coffee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1967; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 102
- HENRY JOHN DROZDOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- HAROLD LEROY CARVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE COMBSLance Corporal · April 5, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS COTELance Corporal · April 5, 1967
- REX LEE CRAIGCaptain · April 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LEWIS EUGENE AVERYSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 101
- GEORGE THOMAS SUBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 108
From Enterprise
- BILLY GENE HAMMERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 12, 1965
- JAMES ROWE STEPHENSSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- JOHN HENRY JONESPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSEL PHILLIPSLieutenant Colonel · February 3, 1967
- WILLIAM TERRY ALLENFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1967
- LYTELL B CHRISTIANStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1968
- RONALD ISAAC CRODYStaff Sergeant · January 17, 1969
- ALLEN WAYNE ALLUMSSpecialist Five · May 6, 1969
- GREEN EDWARD MILLER JRStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1970
- JAMES RICHARD LAYTONSergeant · July 22, 1972
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.