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EMILIO RIVERA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 18, 1950 – October 30, 1969
Service recordEmilio Rivera, of Beacon, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 30, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 6
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- December 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Beacon, New York (Dutchess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 6
- WILLIAM CHARLES LEGATPetty Officer First Class · October 30, 1969
- DOUGLAS HUGH LOTT JRSpecialist Five · October 30, 1969
- LARRY STEPHEN SLAYMAKERSeaman · October 30, 1969
- WESLEY WILLIAM VERMEESCHPrivate First Class · October 30, 1969
From Beacon
- JAMES SHERWIN PITTMANPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- PHILIP REGINAL MATTRACIONPetty Officer Second Class · April 5, 1967
- EVERETT EDWARD FOSTERLieutenant Colonel · July 20, 1967
- WILLIAM RONALD PHILLIPSSeaman · March 23, 1968
- TERRENCE EDWARD ONEILSergeant · May 23, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD DEVINECorporal · December 16, 1969
- JOHN JAY BENNETTSpecialist Five · March 2, 1970
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.