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WAYNE DAVID RYZA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 25, 1947 – December 15, 1967
Service recordWayne David Ryza, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 1
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1967; 27 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 1
- ANTHONY N LAPARDOSergeant · December 15, 1967
- OMAR LEBRON-DOMENECHSpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- ROBERT LEVINESergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- EDWARD MICHAEL LOONEYSergeant · December 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOESHARTSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 96
- RICHARD ANTHONY CHOPPACorporal · Panel 31E, Line 96
- RAMON CORTES-ROSASpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 97
- ROBERT LEE FLORESSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 98
- WILLIE FRENCH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 98
- CHARLES WAYNE HICKSSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 98
- DAVID PRESTON JEWELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 99
- RONALD LAVERN KLAUSINGSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 99
- JAMES JOSEPH KOPRIVNIKARPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 99
- ANTHONY N LAPARDOSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 1
- OMAR LEBRON-DOMENECHSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 1
- ROBERT LEVINESergeant First Class · Panel 32E, Line 1
- EDWARD MICHAEL LOONEYSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 1
- JAMES E LYNNSergeant First Class · Panel 32E, Line 2
- STEVEN MATARAZZOCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 2
- JOHN EDWARD MOGANSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 2
- RILEY CHARLES ONEIL JRCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 3
- JUAN SANCHEZ OZUNASergeant · Panel 32E, Line 3
- JOE PENA JRSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 4
- RICHARD MICHAEL PROSCIAPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 4
- JOHN DONALD ROCHESergeant First Class · Panel 32E, Line 5
- MICHAEL DENNIS SANDERCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 5
- ROY EDWARD SOUTHERLANDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 6
- JAMES TIERNOCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 6
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.