VIETNAM - BYRD, NOLAN DARYL

Byrd, Nolan Daryl

VIETNAM - BYRD, NOLAN DARYL
BYRD, NOLAN DARYL

Rank: Private First Class

Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment

MOS: 91A – Medical Equipment Repairer

Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device

Enlisted by: Selected Service

Date of birth: 22-Sep-1948

Hometown: Hagerstown, Maryland

Marital status: Never Married

Campaign: Vietnam Conflict

Start of tour: 23-Oct-1968

Incident date: 3-Dec-1968

Date of casualty: 3-Dec-1968

Age at death: 20

Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Artillery/Mortar/Rocket. Artillery, rocket, or mortar.
Nolan Daryl Byrd died from wounds received while at defensive position when area came under hostile mortar attack.

Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 863 362*

Place of interment: Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial panel and row: 37W 029 (view Vietnam Veterans Memorial link in a new window)