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CARLOS MANUEL RIVERA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 18, 1939 – August 10, 1968
Service recordCarlos Manuel Rivera, of New York, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1939
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 44
- FRANKLIN RENFRO JRPrivate First Class · August 10, 1968
- JOHN CALVIN ROBINSON IILance Corporal · August 10, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL SCHLOSSERCorporal · August 10, 1968
- MICHAEL BRYANT SNYDERSpecialist Four · August 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BEN LOPEZ HERRERAPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 41
- PAUL HOOVER MELOYStaff Sergeant · Panel 49W, Line 42
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.