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EDWARD JAY RYKOSKEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 11, 1946 – August 18, 1966
Service recordEdward Jay Rykoskey, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 18, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Carlisle, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 17
- DON THOMAS ELLEDGECaptain · August 18, 1966
- EUGENE JEHLEN MAJUREFirst Lieutenant · August 18, 1966
- JUERGEN AUGUST MAYERSergeant · August 18, 1966
- LYMAN ALLISTER MCMULLENSpecialist Five · August 18, 1966
From Carlisle
- EMMETT L DRESSLERStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- DERWOOD D STEIGLEMAN JRSergeant · June 10, 1966
- GARY LEE REAMLance Corporal · November 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE ADAMS JRSecond Lieutenant · November 4, 1966
- RICHARD KLEMM BOYD JRMajor · October 26, 1967
- JOHN LEROY CAREYLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- JOHN BERNARD GINGERYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1968
- DAVID WARRINGTON CASEYStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1968
- WAYNE EUGENE MONISMITHSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- ERIK NILES RUDZIAKFireman · January 16, 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.