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ANGEL M MEDINA-RIVERA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 17, 1934 – April 20, 1969
Service recordAngel M Medina-Rivera, of Corozal, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 14
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1934
- Home of record
- Corozal, Puerto Rico (Corozal County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 14
- NICHOLAS ESPARZA JRCorporal · April 20, 1969
- GEORGE ALLEN HUBBARDSpecialist Four · April 20, 1969
- RUSSELL HAROLD KITCHEN JRPrivate First Class · April 20, 1969
- TIBOR SOTAKPrivate First Class · April 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SILAS WILLIAM PAROBEKPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 15
From Corozal
- MIGUEL ANGEL DIAZ-COLLAZOPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- ANTONIO GUZMAN-RIOSSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- RODRIGUEZ PEDRO J CAMACHOSpecialist Four · August 14, 1968
- JUAN ENRIQUE GARCIA-DIAZSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
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.