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LARRY STEPHEN BYFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 1, 1945 – June 23, 1967
Service recordLarry Stephen Byford, of Center, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 52
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Center, Texas (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 52
- WILLIE CRAIG WARRENSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- MICHAEL J WATERMANPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- EDWIN JEROME WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ALEXANDER C ZSIGO JRSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ODDIE C HAILEYSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 53
- EDWIN WOODS MARTIN JRMajor · Panel 22E, Line 55
From Center
- WILLIAM LARRY ANDREWSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- JERRY LYNN HUGHESSergeant · July 12, 1967
- MACCURTIS BUCKLEYPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
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.