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RAYMOND ADAM RYCKO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 18, 1928 – March 23, 1967
Service recordRaymond Adam Rycko, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Postal Clerk (71F)
- Born
- March 18, 1928
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 31
- CHARLES WILLIAM GREENECorporal · March 23, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS REDDINGTONLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- ISAIAH SAMUELSPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- JOE A SAUCEDAPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.