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BENIGNO RIVERA-GALARZA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 1, 1948 – October 22, 1968
Service recordBenigno Rivera-Galarza, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 22
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 22
- ROBERT CARLOS PAHCHEKAPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- KENNETH ALLEN PAHLPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- ROY HASKEL WILSONCaptain · October 22, 1968
- TERRY HUGH BEARDSLEESpecialist Four · October 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ALLAN BURLESONSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 17
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.