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CHARLES EDWARD RYBERG
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 19, 1945 – September 7, 1967
Service recordCharles Edward Ryberg, of Jackson, Minnesota, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 7, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 31
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Field Artillery Officer (I) (0801)
- Born
- May 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Jackson, Minnesota (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1967; 42 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 31
- LEROY JACKSON PHILLIPSLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- ROBERT RICHARD ROGERSLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD SIBILLYSergeant · September 7, 1967
- JAMES HENRY STUARTPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
From Jackson
- DARRY RICHARD STRAUSSERCorporal · January 12, 1968
- JOSEPH DARRELL LILLYPetty Officer Second Class · September 28, 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.