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JAMES PATRICK BYRNE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 17, 1944 – March 8, 1967
Service recordJames Patrick Byrne, of Sheffield Lake, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 8, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 39
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Sheffield Lake, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 39
- STEVEN GARY BLOOMLance Corporal · March 8, 1967
- JOSEPH MARIO CAGNACCISpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- MANUEL CARDENAS IISpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- CARROLL OWEN CRAIN JRCommander · March 8, 1967
From Sheffield Lake
- WAYNE EDWARD BENGESergeant · September 23, 1966
- CODY ALLEN BALISTERILieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- JOHN HERBERT SNITCHLance Corporal · March 15, 1967
- PAUL DOUGLAS STRAHMFirst Lieutenant · January 14, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CONRADYSpecialist Four · June 1, 1968
- RICHARD LOWELL IRVINSpecialist Four · August 5, 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.