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BRYAN A RYE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 10, 1948 – January 24, 1975
Service recordBryan A Rye, of Branford, Connecticut, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 24, 1975, in Thailand, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 121
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- February 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Branford, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1975
- Age
- 26
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1975. In January 1975, 4 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 121
- GARY C HALLCaptain · January 24, 1975
- GARRY W HERMANSONSergeant · January 24, 1975
- DENNING CICERO JOHNSONMaster Sergeant · April 4, 1975
- MICHAEL GORDON PAGETStaff Sergeant · April 4, 1975
Same unit, same day
- GARY C HALLCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 121
- GARRY W HERMANSONSergeant · Panel 1W, Line 121
- JAMES K HURLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 1W, Line 122
From Branford
- STEVEN EDWARD COLLIERSergeant · October 27, 1968
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.