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LONNIE VERNON BYRD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 21, 1950 – November 23, 1968
Service recordLonnie Vernon Byrd, of Semmes, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 41
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- April 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Semmes, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 41
- MICHAEL BURRISS CLARKSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE COLBERTPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- DONALD FREDERICK CORNELLSpecialist Five · November 23, 1968
- BRADLEY GENE CUTHBERTMajor · November 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMMY CHACON ROMEROSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 45
From Semmes
- DONALD WILLIAM RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · January 30, 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.