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EUCLIDES RIVERA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 10, 1942 – January 27, 1969
Service recordEuclides Rivera, of Irvington, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 4
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Irvington, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 4
- JEWEL EDWARD MCCLATCHEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- BERNARD GEORGE PURVISLance Corporal · January 27, 1969
- STEVEN JEROME ROUMPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- DIOSDADO SANTOS-IZAGASSpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 91
- JOHN EDWARD CONGER JRSergeant First Class · Panel 34W, Line 91
- AUBREY GUY DAVISCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 92
- JOHN DAVID KEELSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 2
- JAMES ALEXANDER NICHOLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 3
From Irvington
- JOHN WILLIAM SCHWEYHER JRPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- DONALD LETASecond Lieutenant · February 13, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES HILLPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- FRANKLIN CHARLES ARMENTOSpecialist Four · March 15, 1968
- JAMES PAUL HANLONSergeant · February 27, 1969
- JOHN KENNETH KRUEGERLance Corporal · May 8, 1969
- GREGORY MITCHELL KUTKOWSKIWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 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.