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VINSON BYRD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 28, 1945 – July 6, 1967
Service recordVinson Byrd, of Orrum, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO BLT 2/3 9 MAB
- Born
- March 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Orrum, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1967; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “F CO BLT 2/3 9 MAB”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 23E, Line 17
- EDWARD MARK BRADYLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- GILBERTO CABALLERO JRStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1967
- JERRY MICHAEL CASHPrivate · July 6, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE DILLONStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1967
From Orrum
- JIMMY LINWOOD RHODESSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- WILSON TRUMAN GERALDSergeant · May 17, 1967
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.