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JETTIE RIVERS JR
First Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 9, 1932 – July 6, 1967
Service recordJettie Rivers JR, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 22
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Sergeant (1STSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 9, 1932
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1967; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 22
- RICHARD FRANKLIN HAWKSCorporal · July 5, 1967
- DONALD CLEAVER PIKESergeant · July 6, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PRICESergeant · July 6, 1967
- FRANK IRA RIVIERESergeant · July 6, 1967
- RANDALL KERWIN RUSSELLSergeant · July 6, 1967
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
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.