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JOHN THOMAS RYAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 19, 1944 – June 26, 1969
Service recordJohn Thomas Ryan, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 20
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 20
- JAMES EVERRTTE SHORTLance Corporal · June 26, 1969
- ROGER LEE SIMPSONStaff Sergeant · June 26, 1969
- RICHARD PAUL SPEAKMAN JRCorporal · June 26, 1969
- RAFAEL GABRIEL TENORIOSpecialist Four · June 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DAVID AYERSCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 16
- JACKIE COOTSSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 17
- ROGER LEE SIMPSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 20
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.