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JAMES EDWARD BYRD JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 12, 1943 – June 3, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Byrd JR, of Oliver Springs, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 21
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Oliver Springs, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 21
- HARRY WILLIAM BUTLERSergeant · June 3, 1968
- JOHNNY DWAIN CABECorporal · June 3, 1968
- DARRELL EDWARD CAMPANELLOPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- EARNEST EUGENE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DALE ERNEST BADGLEYCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 19
- STEVEN CLARENCE BUSHCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 20
- TERRY LOUIS FYOCKSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 20
- MICHAEL FRANCIS CHUBBUCKCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 22
- BRIAN JAMES CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 22
- DANNY JOE DARTPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 22
- JESSE WILLARD DOWLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 22
- CARL KELLY ALLCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 24
- WAYNE R HAWKINSCorporal · Panel 60W, Line 1
- ROBERT DEAN JANSSENCorporal · Panel 60W, Line 1
- GUSTAV ALFRED JOHANNSENPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 1
- WILLIAM LEE JARBOEPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 2
- BILLIE CLIFFORD LOOMISPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 2
- FRANK JOSEPH NESTICHPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 3
- ANTHONY PAUL OREILLYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 60W, Line 3
- ALAN ROBERT OTTCorporal · Panel 60W, Line 4
- BILL DEAN POFFSpecialist Four · Panel 60W, Line 4
- CLARK D STICKLERCorporal · Panel 60W, Line 4
- GARY LEE RUSSELLPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 5
- DAVID RAY SQUIRESSpecialist Five · Panel 60W, Line 5
- CLIFFORD STAPLETONSpecialist Five · Panel 60W, Line 5
- KENDALL WILLIAM THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 60W, Line 6
- JOSEPH RONALD VALENTINEPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 6
- DAVID CLARK WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 7
From Oliver Springs
- DALLAS EUGENE GREENPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- FLETCHER SEEBER JRSergeant · June 21, 1967
- JOHNNIE HUGH PATTERSONSergeant · August 13, 1967
- GARY LEE EDWARDSSpecialist Four · March 27, 1970
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.