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TERRENCE PATRICK RYAN
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
January 31, 1944 – January 11, 1970
Service recordTerrence Patrick Ryan, of Summit, New Jersey, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 11, 1970, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 27
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- January 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Summit, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1970. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 27
- RONALD WAYNE JONESSergeant · January 11, 1970
- ROY ROBERT LEWISSpecialist Four · January 11, 1970
- WILLIAM BERTRAM LIBERSKYLance Corporal · January 11, 1970
- EDGAR RUSSELL PULLIAM JRCorporal · January 11, 1970
From Summit
- MANUEL LOUIS FONTPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS BIRDSpecialist Four · October 4, 1966
- DENNIS WARREN BAXTERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- JAMES SCUITIERPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT PETRACCOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCISCO JRSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- LEON DAVID MOORESpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- DAVID FOLEY ACKERMANPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- Macdonald Brooke HALSEYSecond Lieutenant · July 21, 1969
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.