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WILLIAM LARRY BYRD
Captain · U.S. Army
December 6, 1944 – June 6, 1970
Service recordWilliam Larry Byrd, of Rossville, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 19
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Rossville, Georgia (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 19
- EVERETTE BRENT CALDWELLSergeant First Class · June 6, 1970
- MELVIN ERNEST DAVISSergeant First Class · June 6, 1970
- BILLY JOE DEMARCOSergeant · June 6, 1970
- RICHARD DUANE PLINERChief Petty Officer · June 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE EDWARD BECKLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 17
- ROBERT RAY BOESKOOLCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 18
- WILLIAM ANDERSON BRANCHCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 18
- RALPH JOSEPH BUFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 18
From Rossville
- RAYMOND ALLENSergeant First Class · March 9, 1966
- BILLIE HAYWOOD SMITHSpecialist Four · August 1, 1966
- GARY EDWIN WARDPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- MARION ELIJAH PATRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- JOHN ALVIN FRANKLINSergeant · April 26, 1968
- DENNIS CAROL MELTONSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- ANTHONY IRVIN LEECorporal · July 9, 1968
- JIMMY TONY MORRISPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- SCOTT E KILLINGSWORTHSpecialist Four · June 18, 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.