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JERRY VAN RYAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 15, 1949 – September 11, 1969
Service recordJerry Van Ryan, of Walnut Creek, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 72
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Walnut Creek, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 72
- BRUCE STEWART GIBSONCaptain · September 11, 1969
- MARVIN RAY ROBINSONSpecialist Five · September 11, 1969
- CHARLES BRENT ROSSFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1969
- DENNIS WAYNE SHEWSpecialist Four · September 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RANDY GRAHAM CAGLECorporal · Panel 18W, Line 70
- THOMAS LEROY SMITHCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 73
From Walnut Creek
- ROBERT JOHN REILLY JRLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- FRANK CHICO TORRES JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- JAMES KEVIN KOEHLERLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DAVID ALAN OBERLELance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- RICHARD CURTISPrivate First Class · December 12, 1967
- WILLARD EDWARD NELSONLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- ERNEST FREDERICK LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- BRUCE FRANCIS MCMILLANCaptain · April 11, 1968
- FRED JOE HAYESStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1968
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.