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HUGH MCNEIL BYRD JR
Captain · U.S. Army
October 22, 1943 – January 9, 1969
Service recordHugh McNeil Byrd JR, of Berea, Kentucky, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He was lost on January 9, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 58
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Berea, Kentucky (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 9, 1969
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35W, Line 58
- REX WAYNE BLISARDSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- JOHN RUSSELL CAMPBELLSergeant · January 9, 1969
- STEPHEN BERNARD CARLINFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1969
- DALE ELWYN COLLYERMaster Sergeant · January 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LYNNFORD HARLOW HIGLEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 60
- RICHARD CHARLES SEESpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 61
- THOMAS JAMES SHAFERCaptain · Panel 35W, Line 62
From Berea
- MARCUS DELMAR WHITESpecialist Four · February 11, 1967
- KENNETH ALLENSergeant · December 28, 1967
- ROBERT GLENN GALLOWAYSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE BUTTRYPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- CHARLES HOWARD RICHIEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1971
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.