Rank: Private First Class
Unit: E Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 23-Mar-1949
Hometown: Winfield, West Virginia
Marital status: Married to Carolyn S. Byus
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 17-Mar-1969
Start of tour: 23-Oct-1969
Incident date: 24-Nov-1969
Date of casualty: 24-Nov-1969
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Artillery/Mortar/Rocket. Artillery, rocket, or mortar.
Roger Lee Byus died as a result of wounds received while on a combat operation when a supporting mortar round directed at a hostile force landed in the area. He was admitted to a military medical facility and later expired. / On reconnaissance mission. Received short friendly mortar round directed at suspected hostile position. Individual admitted to 2d Surgical Hospital, Lai Khe, on 24 Nov 1969 at 1300 hrs and later expired.
Two Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
PFC Roger Lee Byus
SGT Joseph Randal Harris
Location of fatality: Phuoc Long, South Vietnam, XU 830 134
Place of interment: Mount Vernon Cemetery, Hurricane, West Virginia, USA
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