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MICHAEL LEROY BYAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 3, 1946 – October 2, 1966
Service recordMichael Leroy Byam, of El Centro, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1946
- Home of record
- El Centro, California (Imperial County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 38
- BELMIRO TAVARES JRPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- DALE ARDEN WAIDSergeant · October 2, 1966
- KENNETH ORVILLE ALFSTADPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- BILLY JACK CLAYTONAirman First Class · October 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LARRY WILLIAM BAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 34
- THOMAS EDWIN BEGLINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 35
- JIMMIE DELL GRAYSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 35
- LOUIS EDWARD HADDOCK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 36
- DUNCAN ALEXANDER MACFETTERSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 37
- FLORENTINO R ROQUESpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 37
From El Centro
- EDUARDO CAMARENA-SALAZARPrivate First Class · September 17, 1965
- KURT CLARENCE STAABPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM DAVID RAYPrivate First Class · November 27, 1968
- RALPH EDWARD ICKE IILance Corporal · January 4, 1969
- JESSE ARMANDO MALLOBOXPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- ERICH LINWOOD TIDWELLPrivate · September 17, 1969
- DENNIS WILLIAM DOTSONFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1970
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GROSSSergeant · June 13, 1970
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.