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RALPH EUGENE BYRD
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 25, 1947 – November 16, 1967
Service recordRalph Eugene Byrd, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 103
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 103
- ROBERT ALLEN WELLER IICorporal · November 15, 1967
- FRANK A WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
- WAYNE ROGER ADAMSSergeant · November 16, 1967
- ROBERT AUSTINSergeant · November 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID KEITH DEMORESTSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 1
- W C JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 3
- WILLIAM VELILLAPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 5
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
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.