A plaque commemorates Sgt. Ryan Gloyer, whose name was added to the Adams War Memorial on Sunday.

ADAMS TWP — Hundreds gathered on a rainy Sunday afternoon for the annual Adams War Memorial service to honor war dead and to add a name to the memorial wall.

Sgt. Ryan Gloyer of Zelienople had his name added to the wall, the first name added since the monument was dedicated in 2014. The wall recognizes serviceman from surrounding communities who were killed in action, listed as missing in action or who died as a prisoner during each war fought by the United States since the Civil War.

Gloyer, a 2000 Seneca Valley graduate, was killed in action Nov. 3, 2016, while fighting enemy forces in Kunduz, Afghanistan, along with his team leader, Capt. Andrew D. Byers. Gloyer was a sergeant first class in his U.S. Army Green Beret Special Forces unit.

His father, Richard Gloyer, and wife, Michelle, attended the memorial service.

“It was a great honor for sure,” Richard Gloyer said about his son's name being added to the memorial.

He joins nine others from the Global War on Terror on the memorial wall.

This was the fourth year for the service at the memorial, which opened in May 2014, said Mary Jane Ford, event organizer.