Edward Jay Rykoskey

Vietnam War
Unit3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division
RankLance Corporal U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service FromCarlisle Pennsylvania
Date of DeathAugust 18 1966
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Lance Corporal Rykoskey was a member of Company C, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division. On August 18, 1966, he was killed while fighting the enemy during his return from a patrol to Da Nang, South Vietnam. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.