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ANTHONY LEE RYCKAERT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 15, 1952 – September 12, 1971
Service recordAnthony Lee Ryckaert, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1952
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 15
- WALTER CORNEL HARRISON JRPrivate First Class · September 12, 1971
- CHARLES DOMINIC CASERIOSergeant · September 13, 1971
- ROBERT GENE FORTINWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1971
- GEORGE RAY MORRISONFirst Sergeant · September 13, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WALTER CORNEL HARRISON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 15
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.