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DELBERT LEROY RYAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 15, 1945 – June 2, 1966
Service recordDelbert Leroy Ryan, of Lawrence, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 132
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Lawrence, Kansas (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 132
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- KENNETH BERNARD SYKESPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- ARTHUR BROXTON JRCorporal · June 2, 1966
- MIGUE CASTRO-CARRASQUILLOSergeant · June 2, 1966
From Lawrence
- LONNIE DALE SNOWLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- WILLIAM R DENNIS IIISeaman Apprentice · March 18, 1967
- DAVID PARKER GIBSONCaptain · April 8, 1967
- JAMES RAYMOND COOPERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE DILLONStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1967
- RAYMOND VENSON BROWNINGCorporal · October 12, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT BOWMANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- LONNIE GUY LEBOMBARBSergeant · February 9, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE BOYDSeaman · March 25, 1968
- LYNNFORD HARLOW HIGLEYFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 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.