James Norman Byers
Staff Sergeant
B CO, 4TH BN, 31ST INFANTRY, 196TH INFANTRY BDE, USARV
Army of the United States
Westminster, Maryland
March 02, 1942 to January 20, 1967
JAMES N BYERS is on the Wall at Panel 14E, Line 55

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ByersJN01c.jpg Staff Sergeant James Norman Byers, 24, was killed on January 20, 1967 by Viet Cong sniper fire while he was on patrol. SGT Byers was born in Union Mills, MD, and was the son of Norman and Sarah Shorb Byers of Westminster. He attended North Carroll High School and was a member of St. Mary's United Church of Christ, Silver Run.

He had served 5 1/2 years in the Army and was stationed at Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

Byers, an Army career man, had been in Vietnam for more than 5 months. Prior to that, he had served two years in Germany and two years at Fort Dix, NJ, where he had been a Drill Sergeant. He had received the Army Commendation Medal.

Taken from the CARROLL COUNTY TIMES
Memorial Day edition 1989


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