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JESUS M BERRIOS-RIVERA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 28, 1950 – December 2, 1970
Service recordJesus M Berrios-Rivera, of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 103
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Vega Alta, Puerto Rico (Vega Alta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 103
- JOHN LARRY STALLINGSCaptain · December 1, 1970
- LEONARD PAUL KUNSMAN JRCorporal · December 2, 1970
- JAMES HARRY MARKLANDPrivate First Class · December 2, 1970
- PAUL EDWARD WOLFESpecialist Four · December 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.