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MICHAEL JOSEPH BYRON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 8, 1941 – October 3, 1968
Service recordMichael Joseph Byron, of North Andover, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 66
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 8, 1941
- Home of record
- North Andover, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 66
- WAYNE PHILIP BUNDYCaptain · October 3, 1968
- GEORGE ANGELO CABANO JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- DAWSON CLEMENTSSergeant First Class · October 3, 1968
- DANIEL L LEEPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY WELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 2
From North Andover
- JAMES PATRICK ENGLISHSpecialist Four · April 22, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY DUNNSergeant · March 25, 1969
- GREGORY CHALMERS DAVISLance Corporal · December 27, 1971
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.