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STEVEN L BYINGTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 27, 1947 – July 13, 1968
Service recordSteven L Byington, of Libby, Montana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 21
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Libby, Montana (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 21
- NORVELL JOHNATHAN WEBBSpecialist Four · July 12, 1968
- JOHN LEON ABRAMSLieutenant · July 13, 1968
- LEONARD ADRIAN BIRDFirst Lieutenant · July 13, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER LEONARD BURTONLance Corporal · July 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL CRAWFORD HEWITSONPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 23
- RANDALL STEVEN HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 23
From Libby
- EDWARD NORMAN LETCHWORTHLieutenant (junior grade) · February 27, 1967
- LESTER WESLEY JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD WELCHSergeant · May 13, 1968
- ARTHUR JOHN RAMBOStaff Sergeant · November 26, 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.