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JOHN LESLIE RYDER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 5, 1946 – June 9, 1970
Service recordJohn Leslie Ryder, of Chisholm, Minnesota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on June 9, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 35
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 21 TASS
- Born
- July 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Chisholm, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 9, 1970
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1970; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 35
- DANIEL JACKSON MCMAHANSergeant · June 9, 1970
- MICHAEL LYNN OENPrivate First Class · June 9, 1970
- FRANK JOSEPH QUINLAN JRSpecialist Five · June 9, 1970
- MICHAEL PATRICK TOMSICSpecialist Five · June 9, 1970
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.