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ANGEL L HERNANDEZ-RIVERA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 24, 1950 – October 28, 1969
Service recordAngel L Hernandez-Rivera, of Lajas, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Lajas, Puerto Rico (Lajas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 128
- RALPH SILVIO CINOTTISpecialist Four · October 28, 1969
- PETER GEORGE HEINZMANStaff Sergeant · October 28, 1969
- FERMAN BOBBY HODGESChief Warrant Officer 3 · October 28, 1969
- MARK JACKSONFirst Lieutenant · October 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALLEN ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · Panel 17W, Line 129
From Lajas
- JUAN PASCUA AVILES-AVILESSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
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.