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ANTONIO RIBERA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 7, 1937 – July 18, 1967
Service recordAntonio Ribera, of Raton, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 88
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 7, 1937
- Home of record
- Raton, New Mexico (Colfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1967; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 88
- JOHN LARRY MODGLINPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- GLEN EVERETT OAKPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD PASCOEAirman First Class · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM VERNON POTTERPetty Officer First Class · July 18, 1967
- JEROME SIMSSpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD BROWNSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 84
- WILLIAM EDWARD HELLYERPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 86
From Raton
- SAM CRUZSpecialist Four · October 12, 1967
- GABRIEL TRUJILLOSergeant · February 15, 1971
- PAUL TRUJILLOPrivate · November 4, 1971
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.