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JESUS D RIVERA-MELENDEZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 18, 1946 – November 21, 1967
Service recordJesus D Rivera-Melendez, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1967, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Bayamon, Puerto Rico (Bayamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1967; four of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 59
- KEVIN ANTHONY PORTERFirst Lieutenant · November 21, 1967
- OLIS RAY RIGBYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- JOSE ESTABAN RODRIGUEZStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1967
- JESSE E SMITHPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRED RICHARD DODECorporal · Panel 30E, Line 55
- JERRY DUANE MCDONALDCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 58
- ROBERT OCHOACorporal · Panel 30E, Line 58
From Bayamon
- RAMON KUILAN-OLIVERASSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- WENCESLEO KUILANStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GAMALIEL MARCANO-DIAZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- ALFONSO ORTIZ-LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- ENRIQUE BERMUDEZ-PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
- JUAN ORTIZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- NERY JACINTO BRENESSergeant · January 23, 1968
- JUAN BAUT MORALES-MERCADOPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ISMAEL MENENDEZ-OCASIOPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- GUILLERMO A RUIZ-BERNARDSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
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.