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JAMES NORMAN BYERS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 2, 1942 – January 20, 1967
Service recordJames Norman Byers, of Westminster, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Westminster, Maryland (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 55
- JULIAN MARTINEZ ALVAREZPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- MURLIN EUGENE BOONConstructionman · January 20, 1967
- FRANCIS EDWARD CAMDEN JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 20, 1967
- JACK LARELL COLLINSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
From Westminster
- CHRISTOPHER J J MILLERCaptain · October 20, 1966
- CARL M EGOLFSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
- SHERMAN EDWARD FLANAGAN JRLieutenant Colonel · July 21, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTHONY ORETOSergeant · April 13, 1969
- FREDERICK JOHN MAGSAMENSergeant · May 9, 1969
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.