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ALVIN PIERIE RIVERE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 10, 1942 – October 28, 1967
Service recordAlvin Pierie Rivere, of Napoleonville, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Napoleonville, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1967; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 93
- THOMAS GLEN NAILEPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
- JOSEPH ROBERT NORRISCorporal · October 28, 1967
- ROBERT JAMEISON REGINALDCorporal · October 28, 1967
- HECTOR MANUEL ROMEROPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DALE CARRELLSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 90
- WILLIAM DAVID MIZESergeant · Panel 28E, Line 92
- WILLIS JUNIOR SCHUBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 94
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.