Donald Eugene Ryker was born Sept. 27, 1925 to Forrest D. and Hilka Reeverts Ryker. He died May 14, 1945 and is buried in the Dickens Cemetery, Dickens, IA.
Pvt. Ryker served with the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps in World War II and died in the service of his country in Wasserburg, Germany of an accidental gunshot wound.
Source: ancestry.com
