06 Jun 2008 1LT Robert (Bob) Byrnes was assigned to Battery A, 3rd Battalion, 82nd Artillery, 196th Light Infantry Brigade. He was killed in action during a firefight while serving as a Forward Observer with Company D, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry. From his brother. Carmichael Ca 95608 E-mail address is not available.

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall The Tet Offensive began in late January 1968 and heavy fighting continued through February. In Quang Nam Province, the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry, lost fourteen men near Lo Giang on 09 Feb 1968: A Co, 2nd Bn, 1st Infantry SSG Donald J. Haile, Caldwell, ID SP4 Charles R. Martin, Hogansburg, NY PFC John J. Palmieri, Riverside, CT C Co, 2nd Bn, 1st Infantry SSG Donald D. Alvis, Hope, IN SSG Norbert P. Holzapfel, Pittsburgh, PA SGT Alfred H. Bleigh, Sutton, WV PFC Joseph P. Conklin, Haverstraw, NY PFC Gerald P. Williams, Oakland, CA D Co, 2nd Bn, 1st Infantry SSG William N. Flint, Naples, FL SGT Lauren J. Heydinger, Norwalk, OH SGT Willis C. Rheault, Lake Linden, MI CPL Darrel A. Bondrowski, Boothwyn, PA CPL Ronald L. Brown, Portsmouth, VA A Btry, 3rd Bn, 82nd Artillery 1LT Robert S. Byrnes, Carmichael, CA The Virtual Wall's Battle of Lo Giang page gives a description of the action and a full listing of the 54 US Marines, sailors, and soldiers who died at Lo Giang on 08-09 Feb 1968.

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