United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
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Captain Hugh McNeil Byrd Jr. served in the U.S. Army. Hugh served with the 1 AVN BDE. Hugh served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Hugh was 25 years old.
How They Died
Manner
Undetermined
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Missing in action
Place
Quang Tri
Service Record
U.S. Army
1980: Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander
FIXED WING AVIATION UNIT COMMANDER
QUANG TRI
1974
Pay grade O03.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
4
For service and achievement
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
In Our Keeping
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Record added
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Hugh Mcneil Byrd Jr.
Captain
U.S. Army
- 1974
1st Aviation Brigade
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