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BERNARD STEVEN RYAN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 5, 1929 – February 2, 1968
Service recordBernard Steven Ryan, of Hollywood, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1929
- Home of record
- Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 85
- DANNY RAY NORTHCUTTSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- SELMER ERNEST SALVESONPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- ROGER LLOYD SCHNEIDERWarrant Officer 1 · February 2, 1968
- GAYLORD JAMES SEBENSPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOEL HUMBERTO GONZALEZ-VELEZPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 72
- GEORGE JOSEPH GOTTWALD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 73
- PETER HERMAN HEISSENBUTTELSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 74
- WILLARD VERNON JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 75
- RAYMOND EUGENE KRAMERPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 76
- GARY JOSEPH LANDONSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 77
- WILLIAM EARL LOZIERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 78
- CHARLES WASSEL PERMALOFFSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 79
- HILBERTO ORTEGAPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 80
- WILMER POTTSCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 82
- DANNY RAY NORTHCUTTSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 85
- GAYLORD JAMES SEBENSPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 85
- WILLIAM RANDAL TRUETTSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 1
From Hollywood
- ALLAN LADD ELMOREPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- JOHN PAUL SCOGGINSSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL QUIGLEYCorporal · May 9, 1967
- FRED EUGENE TATELance Corporal · May 10, 1967
- MARK ALAN WHITTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- DONAVAN LOREN LYONLieutenant Colonel · March 22, 1968
- KIM WILLIAM FLETCHERSpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- FREDDIE KAY MARTINSergeant · August 20, 1968
- JOHN LOVE JRStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1969
- PATRICK WILLIAM DWYERPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.