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MICHAEL JOHN RYAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 18, 1946 – January 15, 1968
Service recordMichael John Ryan, of Groton, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 55
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Groton, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 55
- DALE ARTHUR MILESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- RICHARD L MILLERSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- JAMES BENSON RUTLEDGEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- THOMAS ROGER WATTSSergeant · January 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY KENNETH ALLENSpecialist Five · Panel 34E, Line 51
- JOSEPH WALTER DUDEKPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 52
- HENRY WILLIAM GORMANSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 52
- GARY HOWARD GRUBBSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 53
- BERT HOWARD HINSONMaster Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 53
From Groton
- JOHNIE LEE BLOUNT JRCorporal · July 4, 1966
- KARL JOSEPH LAVALLEEPrivate First Class · May 21, 1971
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.