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GERALD SCOTT RYAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 24, 1947 – October 20, 1967
Service recordGerald Scott Ryan, of Richmond, Utah, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 44
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Richmond, Utah (Cache County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1967; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 44
- DALE RAYMOND LINDBERGSergeant · October 20, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD MORGANSergeant · October 20, 1967
- JOHN ALOYSIUS RYAN JRCaptain · October 20, 1967
- STANLEY WENDELL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · October 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE EDWARD CLARK JRSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 42
- STANLEY DONALD GUBBELSSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 43
- PAUL E LATOURETTESergeant · Panel 28E, Line 43
- DALE RAYMOND LINDBERGSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 44
- JAMES EDWARD MORGANSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 44
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.