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EDICTOR RIVERA-MONTES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 4, 1934 – August 31, 1970
Service recordEdictor Rivera-Montes, of Manati, Puerto Rico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- July 4, 1934
- Home of record
- Manati, Puerto Rico (Manati County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1970
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1970; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 28
- MICHAEL JOHN MCGERTYCaptain · August 31, 1970
- GARY RAYMOND METZCorporal · August 31, 1970
- ROGER ALLEN SCARBROUGHPrivate First Class · August 31, 1970
- CRAIG ALAN SCHMITZCorporal · August 31, 1970
From Manati
- JOSE JUAN FIGUEROAStaff Sergeant · December 10, 1967
- JUAN A MARTINEZ-QUILES JRPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- RAFAEL GARCIAPAGANPrivate · January 30, 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.