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CARL EDWARD RYDER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 24, 1947 – July 21, 1967
Service recordCarl Edward Ryder, of Trafford, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 21, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 104
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H CO BLT 2/3 9 MAB
- Born
- June 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Trafford, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1967; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 104
- BILLY GENE RODGERSPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES SCHUTZSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- PONDER RAY SIMSFirst Lieutenant · July 21, 1967
- GARY WAYNE STERNLance Corporal · July 21, 1967
From Trafford
- RALPH D WHEELER IIIHospitalman · January 27, 1968
- WAYNE STEVENSON GREERLance Corporal · February 6, 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.