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JAMES EDWARD BYRD
Private · U.S. Army
December 27, 1947 – April 2, 1970
Service recordJames Edward Byrd, of Dunn, North Carolina, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 79
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- December 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Dunn, North Carolina (Harnett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1970; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 79
- DONALD EDWARD CHAMBERSCorporal · April 2, 1970
- DALE ELLING CHRISTENSENMaster Sergeant · April 2, 1970
- JOHN HARRY DILMOREPrivate First Class · April 2, 1970
- RICHARD ELLIOTTSpecialist Five · April 2, 1970
From Dunn
- ROY RONALD LEESpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- LONNIE EARL MCNEILLPrivate · February 4, 1968
- ROBERT DAVID MCMILLIANSergeant · March 5, 1968
- ISAAC RAY DRAUGHONLance Corporal · July 13, 1968
- KENNETH MAC LEEPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- DENNING CICERO JOHNSONMaster Sergeant · April 4, 1975
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.