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CARLOS RIVERA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 7, 1951 – December 12, 1970
Service recordCarlos Rivera JR, of Shirley, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 7, 1951
- Home of record
- Shirley, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 117
- LUTHER GREEN JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
- RONALD KEITH KELSEYFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1970
- OWEN GEORGE SKINNERColonel · December 12, 1970
- JOHNNY DELBERT VERSCHEURESpecialist Four · December 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALVARO BARBOSAPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 115
- BARRY EDWIN CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 116
- LUTHER GREEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 117
- DAVID LEE NORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 118
- MICHAEL KEITH WOODCOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 118
From Shirley
- JOHN HARGETT JRStaff Sergeant · January 5, 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.