28 May 2007 Wayne, This month marks forty years since that last conversation. Forty years since you left for Viet Nam. Forty years since you life was taken away. Now, after all these years your story has been told, there is no uncertainty on what you and Tom were trying to accomplish that day. We will always be proud of you and all the others. Wayne, you will never be forgotten. You will always be missed and loved. Your little brother, Leo lryza@verizon.net

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall On 15 December 1967 the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry, fought a battle at An My (2) in Binh Dinh Province, a bitter fight that cost the lives of 21 American soldiers: B Company: SGT Juan S. Ozuna, Wapato, WA SP4 Willie French, Pittsboro, NC SP4 Ronald L. Klausing, San Diego, CA C Company: SFC Robert Levine, Jamaica, NY SFC James E. Lynn, Kenosha, WI SFC John D. Roche, Bay City, MI SSG David P. Jewell, Owensboro, KY SGT Richard J. Boeshart, Sioux City, IA CPL Steven Matarazzo, Montgomery, NY SP4 Wayne D. Ryza, Houston, TX CPL Michael D. Sander, Oakland, CA PFC James J. Koprivnikar, Cheswick, PA D Company: 1LT Roy E. Southerland, Morristown, TN SGT Robert L. Flores, Parker, AZ SP4 Ramon Cortes-Rosa, Hialeah, FL SP4 Charles W. Hicks, Butner, NC SP4 Omar Lebron-Domenech, San Sebastian, PR CPL James Tierno, Jackson Heights, NY HQ Company: CPL Richard A. Choppa, Hubbard, OH CPL Riley C. O'Neil, Kansas City, KS PFC Richard M. Proscia, New Hyde Park, NY

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