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ROGER LEE BYUS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 23, 1949 – November 24, 1969
Service recordRoger Lee Byus, of Winfield, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 115
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Winfield, West Virginia (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 115
- BILLY LEE COKERPetty Officer Third Class · November 24, 1969
- LARRY ELBERT COLLINSSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- HOWARD BRISBANE COMER JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 24, 1969
- ROBERT FREW CONTIFirst Lieutenant · November 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH ADDUCISpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 113
- JOSEPH RANDAL HARRISSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 117
- CHARLES M RUSSELL IIIStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 119
From Winfield
- STEPHEN RAY PHELIXPrivate First Class · March 14, 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.