The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
James Webster Byrd
Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army
Unit
K CO 9 INF 2 DIV
Date of Death
March 31, 1951
First Lieutenant Byrd was a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on February 12, 1951 and died while a prisoner on March 31, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.