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LEO NEAL KRYSKE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 28, 1932 – August 25, 1968
Service recordLeo Neal Kryske, of Mishawaka, Indiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 17
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 28, 1932
- Home of record
- Mishawaka, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 46W, Line 17
- RAYMOND GEORGE KROBETZKYSecond Lieutenant · August 25, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES LAWSONSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- BYRON JOSEPH MITCHELLStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
- DANNY JOE MITCHELLPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ERNEST FUNSTONCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 15
- FRANCIS TRAINOR MULVEYCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 18
- THOMAS JAMES WALKERCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 25
From Mishawaka
- RICHARD LEE NUZIARDSergeant · November 8, 1965
- JOHN VANDRIESSCHEPrivate First Class · May 7, 1966
- HARDY WESLEY STEBBINS JRSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL CHAMBERSSergeant · September 17, 1967
- MARK ANTHONY RIGGLECorporal · October 7, 1967
- PAUL AARON YOUNGSpecialist Four · March 15, 1968
- JAMES BARRY GARDPrivate · May 6, 1968
- STEPHEN DWAYNE MCGEELance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- DENNIS EVERETT MORGANCorporal · August 23, 1968
- MICHAEL LYNN HEITGERPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
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.