Ryan Serey Ith

Sergeant Ryan Serey Ith, 31, of San Jose CA, died in Clarksville, Tennessee on April 29th of 2024.

Ryan was born in San Jose, California on May 26th, 1992 to Franliny Khuon and Cheath Ith. Ryan attended Stonegate Elementary from 1997-2004. He attended Davis (Caroline) Intermediate School from 2004-2006, where he played on the Boys Basketball Team. From 2006-2010 he attended Oak Grove High School and he was a part of the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. After graduation, Ryan worked at Wendy’s, Walmart, Enterprise, and Tesla. On March 11th, 2019, Ryan enlisted into the United States Army.

A proud veteran, Ryan served 5 years in the United States Army, attaining the rank of Sergeant before his retirement. He served in the well known 101st Air Assault Division at Fort Campbell. During his time at Fort Campbell, he served as a Medic for 96th Combat Support Battalion, 2-17 Cavalry Squadrons and 1-101 Aviation Attack Battalion from 2019-2024. He deployed on a Combat Deployment with 1-101 Aviation Battalion to Iraq and Syria in June 2022-2023.

While serving his country, He earned:

Army Commendation Medal

Army Achievement Medal (two awards)

Army Good Conduct Medal

National Defense Service Medal

Global War on Terrorism Medal

Korea Defense Service Medal

Humanitarian Service Medal

Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon

Army Service Ribbon

Overseas Service Ribbon

Air Assault Badge

Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal with One Campaign Star

His Schools and Military Education during his time in the Army are:

Basic Combat Training (12 March – 24 May 2019)

Combat Life Saver Course (24 – 27 May 2019)

Combat Medic Specialist (28 May – 13 September 2019)

Air Assault Course (14 November – 2 December 2019)

Distributed Leaders Course 1 (17 – 30 December 2020)

Brigade Combat Team Trauma Training (5 – 10 June 2022)

Basic Leader Course (17 May – 13 June 2023)

Field Sanitation Team (24 – 28 July 2023)

Ryan was proud to have done his duty to help defend the freedom of citizens across this country, and became a member of the United States Army Reserve.

Ryan is survived by Franliny Khuon - Mother, Cheath Ith - Father, Francis Ith - Brother and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

Viewing is Saturday May 11th, 2024 - 10:00AM to 12:00PM at Lima Family Erickson Memorial Chapel,710 Willow Street, San Jose, CA 95125

Funeral service is Saturday, May 11, 2024 - 12:00PM to 1:30PM at Lima Family Erickson Memorial Chapel, 710 Willow Street, San Jose, CA 95125

Cremation service is Saturday, May 11, 2024 - 2:00PM at Lima Milpitas - Fremont Mortuary and Cedar Lawn Cemetery, 48800 Warm Springs Blvd, Fremont CA 94539