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SAMUEL FRANKLIN RYAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 24, 1948 – May 2, 1969
Service recordSamuel Franklin Ryan, of Utica, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 102
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Utica, Ohio (Licking County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 102
- GLENN RODNEY MEARNSCorporal · May 2, 1969
- TROY EVERETT POWELLLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- WAVEL WAYNE POWELLPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- TIMOTHY HOWARD PYLELance Corporal · May 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSE CARMEN ALVAREZPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 97
- ROLLAND KEITH FRYSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 99
- JOHN FRANCIS STEWARTCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 103
From Utica
- CARL WAYNE HOLLERCorporal · June 16, 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.