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MARCUS RANDOLPH BYOUS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 1, 1947 – May 10, 1969
Service recordMarcus Randolph Byous, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 36
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 36
- GERALD GENE BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- STANLEY WAYNE BURGESSLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
- CANDELARIO PATRICK BUSTOSLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
- PHILLIP EUGENE COMBSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL NORMAN KUPCHINSKASSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 40
- EDWARD ALLEN PUTNEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 42
- ALLAN EMILE STAHLSTROMWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 25W, Line 43
- ROY STEPHEN THOMASWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 25W, Line 44
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
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.