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JAMES CARMEN BYRD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 18, 1944 – May 10, 1969
Service recordJames Carmen Byrd, of Norwalk, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Norwalk, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 37
- NICHOLAS FRANK CERRATOSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- JAMES CRAIG DEWARPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- RUSSELL MARTIN DOBYNS JRLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
- SAM EGGERTCorporal · May 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DEMETRIUS JEROME GRAYSSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 39
- ROBERT JOHN HYNESPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 39
From Norwalk
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
- JUAN JOSE CASTROSergeant · March 23, 1966
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- FELIX F F LEYVA-PARRA-FRIASPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD VAGNONEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- JERRY PAIZSpecialist Four · December 7, 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.