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WILLARD R RYAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 22, 1942 – May 23, 1966
Service recordWillard R Ryan, of Groveland, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 595 SIG CO 1 SIG BDE
- Born
- October 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Groveland, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 106
- FERMIN SALDANA JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- STANLEY WILLIAM SALYERSergeant · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- JOHN MILLIAN BATISTEPrivate First Class · May 24, 1966
From Groveland
- STEPHEN EDWARD KRAJESKISergeant · June 12, 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.