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JAY MARTIN BYERLY
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 11, 1934 – May 6, 1970
Service recordJay Martin Byerly, of Conestoga, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 109
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 11, 1934
- Home of record
- Conestoga, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1970
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 109
- MELVIN BOWMANSergeant · May 6, 1970
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
- DENNIS PATRICK CALLAGHANCorporal · May 6, 1970
- DIONISIO G CARRIZALESSpecialist Four · May 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BILLY JOE WILLIAMSMajor · Panel 11W, Line 119
From Conestoga
- DENNIS CHARLES ESHLEMANPrivate First Class · January 29, 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.