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DANIEL JOSEPH RYAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 6, 1949 – October 22, 1967
Service recordDaniel Joseph Ryan, of Modesto, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 51
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Modesto, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 51
- EUGENE NAYLORPrivate First Class · October 22, 1967
- RONALD RUSSELL PEARSONLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH RHODESLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- ROGER DALE ROMINEPrivate First Class · October 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MILTON MCCORMICKSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 50
From Modesto
- ERNEST KAY GERHARDTPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- JACK DALE MCCLURECaptain · December 31, 1965
- JOSEPH ANTHONY RANDAZZOLance Corporal · January 31, 1966
- NEAL ARTHUR RASMUSSENStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1966
- JOHN ROY MARKILLIEPetty Officer Third Class · June 21, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM BARTLOWLance Corporal · July 18, 1966
- DONALD CHARLES VAUGHANSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES WEBORGCorporal · January 23, 1967
- RICHARD LYNN PARHAMPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- ROBERT NICOLAS STAUDSeaman · March 6, 1967
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.