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PAUL E RYTTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 3, 1945 – September 18, 1965
Service recordPaul E Rytter, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 88
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 88
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- JOE LANELL MEEKSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- ERNEST LEE MILLERSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- EDGAR LEWIS PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARDS RAWLSCaptain · September 18, 1965
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
- ROBERT JESS CALVILLOCorporal · February 28, 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.