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ERNESTO CUEVAS-RIVERA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 2, 1948 – February 14, 1970
Service recordErnesto Cuevas-Rivera, of Ponce, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Ponce, Puerto Rico (Ponce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 7
- BOBBIE HERALD BREWERStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1970
- WILLIAM LOUIS CLINESergeant · February 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LOUIS CLINESergeant · Panel 13W, Line 7
- JERROLD BERNELL DAYCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 8
- JOSEPH WILLIE DUNCANSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 8
- HAROLD PHILIP FESPERMANSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 8
- WAYNE DABNEY MCRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 11
- GREGORY CARLYLE SCHOPERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 12
- GARY SMITHCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 12
- FERDINAND J SOCHUREK IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 12
- EARL CARL E TIDWELL JRCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 12
- JAMES HARDY WILBANKSCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 13
From Ponce
- ELIAS ALVAREZ-BUZOSergeant · November 15, 1965
- JUVENCIO TORRES-ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- ISRAEL VARGAS-VARGASPlatoon Sergeant · January 18, 1966
- PEDRO SANTOS-PINEDOPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- LESLIE ISMA MORALES-LUCASSergeant · July 2, 1966
- EUGENIO ROSADO-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- EURIPIDES RUBIO JRCaptain · November 8, 1966
- MARCELI CABRERA-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- JUSTINO ENRI CASTRO-RAMOSLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- MARIO MOREU-LEONSergeant · December 6, 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.