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EDWARD KENNETH RYAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 9, 1947 – September 13, 1968
Service recordEdward Kenneth Ryan, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 54
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 54
- GARY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- CORNELIS A VANDERSTERRENCorporal · September 13, 1968
- JOSEPH ALVIN VENABLESergeant Major · September 13, 1968
- JAMES DILLON WARDLOWPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH GEORGE CUSHMANSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 46
- JOE A ELBERTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 47
- HOWARD BROWN HANDLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 44W, Line 48
- ARIEL MARINOSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 51
- GARY RICHARD MCFALLSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 51
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.