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JAIME ALBERT RIVERA-LOPEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 14, 1946 – May 12, 1968
Service recordJaime Albert Rivera-Lopez, of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 9
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Arecibo, Puerto Rico (Arecibo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 9
- JOHN LEE MCELROYMajor · May 12, 1968
- STEPHEN CRAIG MORELANDFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1968
- JACK ALLEN MORRISONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- RICHARD ANTHONY NUBERLance Corporal · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LYLE WAYNE HANSENCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 3
- FRED GEORGE LOSEL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 7
- JOHN EARL MAGEEPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 8
From Arecibo
- ELMO ROSARIO-SALABERRIOSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- LUIS ANTONIO PEREZ-CRUZPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- OCTAVIO MOLINA-ROSARIOPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- ANGEL MANUEL CRUZ-VAZQUEZSpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
- JOSE D GUTIERREZ-VELAZQUEZSpecialist Five · September 13, 1968
- JUAN MANUEL VELEZ-VILLAMILSpecialist Four · February 21, 1969
- JOSE F ROSADO-BORGESPrivate First Class · August 24, 1969
- EUGENIO MOLINA-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · December 5, 1969
- DAVID CONCEPCION-NIEVESSpecialist Four · June 10, 1970
- ANTONIO ESTEVES-NEGRONSpecialist Five · June 29, 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.