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JOSEPH ROBERT RYAN JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 16, 1946 – March 28, 1971
Service recordJoseph Robert Ryan JR, of Bedford, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1971, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 90
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Bedford, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 90
- ROBERT JAMES SCHUMACHERSergeant · March 28, 1971
- CLARK VERNON SHAWNEEPrivate First Class · March 28, 1971
- DONALD MAURICE STOTTSSpecialist Four · March 28, 1971
- ROGER DALE WHIRLOWSpecialist Four · March 28, 1971
From Bedford
- THOMAS CHARLES JONOZZOPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- NORMAN DALE ADKINSPrivate First Class · April 25, 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.