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JIMMIE DALE RYALS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 22, 1949 – August 12, 1970
Service recordJimmie Dale Ryals, of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 105
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Dearborn Heights, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 105
- GARY LEE JENKSLance Corporal · August 12, 1970
- KENNETH EARLSTON OLIVERCorporal · August 12, 1970
- CHARLES KAY PUDERBAUGHPrivate First Class · August 12, 1970
- BLAIR H SIMPSONSpecialist Five · August 12, 1970
From Dearborn Heights
- JOHN FRANCIS BANKOWSKISpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- BRUCE ELLIOT BOWERSPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES RICESergeant · October 27, 1967
- GERALD ALEXANDER TUCKERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- BRUCE JEFFREY WILDERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- GLENN OWEN HELKAPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MURPHYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- DALE ALLEN NICHOLLSergeant · February 23, 1969
- FREDDY PAUL HEUGELSpecialist Four · February 24, 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.