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ROBERT SCOTT BYRNES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 16, 1944 – February 9, 1968
Service recordRobert Scott Byrnes, of Carmichael, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Carmichael, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
107 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1968; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 46
- DAVID BUURSMAFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- KENNETH CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- BERNARD JOHN CARONStaff Sergeant · February 9, 1968
- ROBERT NEL CARTERSergeant · February 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD DEAN ALVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 42
- ALFRED HARLEN BLEIGH JRSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 44
- DARREL ANTHONY BONDROWSKICorporal · Panel 38E, Line 44
- RONALD LEE BROWNCorporal · Panel 38E, Line 45
- JOSEPH PETER CONKLINPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 47
- DONALD JACK HAILEStaff Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 50
- LAUREN JOSEPH HEYDINGERSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 51
- NORBERT PAUL HOLZAPFELStaff Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 52
- JOHN JOSEPH PALMIERIPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 58
- WILLIS CLIFFORD RHEAULTSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 59
- GERALD PATRICK WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 63
From Carmichael
- JAMES EDWARD SCHLOTTMANSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- ROBERT DOUGLAS ANDERSONSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- STEPHEN DARRELL MAZZASpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- STEPHEN FORREST CHUTEPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- ERNEST JAMES STIDHAMFirst Lieutenant · December 22, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER DELBERT BANGSSpecialist Five · April 2, 1969
- DONALD RAY COOPERCorporal · April 8, 1969
- THOMAS CHARLES PIGGSpecialist Four · May 30, 1969
- LARRY HOWARD MORFORDSergeant · February 12, 1970
- LARRY JOE MEADORSpecialist Five · August 3, 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.