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FRANCIS PAUL RYBAK
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 26, 1942 – January 5, 1968
Service recordFrancis Paul Rybak, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 52
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 52
- ROBERT WILFRED RENAUDPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- BOBBY RAY RODGERSSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
- GARY WESLEY RUNKPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- JOSEPH SMALLSPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL RAY BAKERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 44
- FREDIE RAY COXPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 46
- RICHARD E DEVORESergeant First Class · Panel 33E, Line 46
- WILLIAM DAVID DOWDSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 47
- EDDIE HERMAN HOLLANDSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 49
- GENE RAY KUNTZCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 50
- JAMES JEROME LINDSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 50
- BRUCE JAMES MORANPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 51
- BOBBY RAY RODGERSSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 52
- DANIEL EVERETTE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 53
- RICHARD EARL SHAWPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 53
- THOMAS JOSEPH SKAVARILPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 53
- FRANK BARTH SMYKSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 54
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 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.