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STEVE EUGENE BYARS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 20, 1947 – March 23, 1969
Service recordSteve Eugene Byars, of Lorida, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 23, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Lorida, Florida (Highlands County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 17
- NORMAN ELMER BECKPrivate First Class · March 23, 1969
- MICHAEL LEWIS BERRYSpecialist Five · March 23, 1969
- REX FILLMORE CHURCHStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1969
- EDDIE LEE EVENSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
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.