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ALDO EUGENE RYDER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 2, 1949 – June 4, 1968
Service recordAldo Eugene Ryder, of Bristol, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 4, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 12
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Bristol, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 12
- WAYNE SHELTON PROCTORSergeant · June 4, 1968
- RICHARD ALFRED ROESLERPetty Officer Second Class · June 4, 1968
- LOUIS ALLAN SNAKOVSKY JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS SODERSTROMHospitalman · June 4, 1968
From Bristol
- EDWARD JOHN CHRISTENSENPrivate · May 18, 1967
- ROLAND PHILLIP LEVESQUESergeant · February 22, 1968
- GILBERT THIBEAULTPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL JACOBPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- PHILIP FRANK NESTICOCorporal · June 2, 1968
- DAVID BRUCE EMONDSpecialist Five · July 5, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
- MATTHEW M CANFIELD JRPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- DOUGLAS JAMES BEVERIDGESpecialist Four · February 9, 1969
- PETER PHILIP DUBIELPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.