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JERRY DUANE BYERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 17, 1946 – March 1, 1967
Service recordJerry Duane Byers, of Casper, Wyoming, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 126
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Casper, Wyoming (Natrona County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 126
- GREGORY WILLIAM BUTLERPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- REGINALD F CARTER JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- EARL LEON CRISSELL JRCorporal · March 1, 1967
- DAVID RICHARD DANIELSPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM BURTON JRSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 125
- ROBERT EDWARD JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 128
- JAY CLAYTON SHELBYSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 130
- JAMES WHEELERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 130
From Casper
- CARLTON JAKE HOLLANDCaptain · February 9, 1965
- ROBERT WOODROW GROVEGunnery Sergeant · February 18, 1965
- DOUGLAS TYRONE PATRICKPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- WALTER ELMER HANDYPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- CHARLES WAYNE REBERGSergeant · April 21, 1968
- VERNON WALTER NIX IIIStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD LEROY ENDICOTTCaptain · April 30, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE BARNESSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN SWEENEYSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- LEROY ROBERT CARDENASPrivate First Class · June 4, 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.