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REGINALD TYRONE BYRD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 8, 1948 – September 11, 1969
Service recordReginald Tyrone Byrd, of West Palm Beach, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 67
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 8, 1948
- Home of record
- West Palm Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 67
- JOSEPH SAMUEL BURRIS IIIPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
- GILBERTO BUSTAMANTECorporal · September 11, 1969
- JOHN HOLMES CAMP JRCaptain · September 11, 1969
- THOMAS R MCDONALD JRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALDEN JOHN BULLWINKELSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 66
- JAMES RALPH POTTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 71
- BRUCE STEWART GIBSONCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 72
From West Palm Beach
- ELMER L JUCKETT IIIPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- IVY THOMAS ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1967
- HENRY HWEY GAMBLECorporal · April 7, 1967
- HAROLD CLARENCE COOKMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- PAUL HAROLD CLINESergeant · February 6, 1968
- JOHN DEAN HALLCorporal · February 28, 1968
- DAVID LEE WILKERSONSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- GARY LEONARD DANIELSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD CURTIS JACKSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT RAY DUNCANLieutenant · August 29, 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.