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ALFREDO RIVERA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 9, 1948 – February 26, 1969
Service recordAlfredo Rivera, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 72
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1948
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 72
- GLENN BURLEIGH RAOPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- ROBERT LENNON ROEBUCKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM SIMMSSecond Lieutenant · February 26, 1969
- TERRANCE LEE SNYDERSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JIM LEE DICKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 66
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.