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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