Byron G. Highland

Byron G. Highland (February 8, 1934-February 21, 1967) was a United States Marine Corps combat photographer during the Vietnam War who was killed by a landmine [ [http://www.historynet.com/wars_conflicts/vietnam_war/3807101.html Bernard B. Fall: Vietnam War Author] ,by Charles E. Kirkpatrick, TheHistoryNet] [cite book | last =Tagliaferri | first =Alivia C. | title =Still the Monkey: What Happens to Warriors After War? | publisher =Ironcutter Media, LLC | pages =116 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=lD6REIHjKMYC&dq=%22byron+highland%22 | isbn =0978841735] alongside the war correspondent and historian Bernard B. Fall in 1967, leaving behind his wife, and two sons and a daughter from a previous marriage.Fact|date=October 2007

The last few minutes which the two spent together are documented in Fall's posthumously published book "Last Reflections on a War," via a tape recorder Fall was dictating into just prior to the explosion. [Fall, Bernard B.,"Last Reflections On a War: Bernard B. Fall's Last Comments on Viet-nam", Doubleday, Garden City: 1967]

Born in Detroit, Michigan, he entered the Marines in 1953, and also served in the Korean War.

His eldest son, Kenneth E. Highland, later recorded a song with the punk band Johnny and the Jumper Cables, entitled "Landmine," about his father's death.Fact|date=October 2007

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