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KENNETH MICHAEL CRYAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 25, 1945 – May 4, 1968
Service recordKenneth Michael Cryan, of San Mateo, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 25, 1945
- Home of record
- San Mateo, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 54E, Line 32
- DARRELL WAYNE COTTRELLLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- ROBERT WOODROW DAMERONPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- LARRY DEAN DANIELSSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- JOHN MELVIN DURHAMStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1968
- JOHN EARNEST SWANSON JRCorporal · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL CHESTER KING JRPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 41
From San Mateo
- ROBERT LAURENCE ARMONDCaptain · June 18, 1965
- RICHARD ARTHUR SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 24, 1966
- JOHN HARRY GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD ORDELL LOZENSKILance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- ALFRED JOSEPH CORNEJOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1967
- GORDON MICHAEL REEVESLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL BURNS JRHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM DEKKERSpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
- DAVID JOHN SPINALISpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- VERNON BARTON RAINSPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
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.