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RYUZO SOMMA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 21, 1946 – March 4, 1969
Service recordRyuzo Somma, of Medford, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 40
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Medford, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1969; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 40
- ROBERT LELAND SLOANSpecialist Four · March 4, 1969
- CHARLES LESLIE SMITHPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY SORRENTIPetty Officer Third Class · March 4, 1969
- DAVID JAMES WARCZAKSergeant First Class · March 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE DIEMLERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 36
- JOSEPH ALAN GOODSONSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 36
- LARRY MURDOCKSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 38
- CHARLES REUBEN OUTLAW JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 38
- CLYDE EDWARD RAINSSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 38
- ROBERT LELAND SLOANSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 40
From Medford
- FRANCIS THOMAS CLARKINSergeant · March 9, 1966
- JOHN RICHARD CACIOPPOPrivate First Class · February 27, 1967
- RALPH GRAYPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- DONALD JUAN RICHARDSLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- ANTHONY VINCENT MARTINEZPrivate First Class · August 9, 1970
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.