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JOE LEWIS RIVERA
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 1, 1948 – February 25, 1970
Service recordJoe Lewis Rivera, of Kermit, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Kermit, Texas (Winkler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 54
- ROBERT BOYD MOSSGROVESpecialist Four · February 25, 1970
- GEORGE ALFRED ODIORNECorporal · February 25, 1970
- ROBERT LEON PEARSONCorporal · February 25, 1970
- JEFFRY RANDAL RIEKFirst Lieutenant · February 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHAD ALLEN CHARLESWORTHSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 53
- MARTIN WALKER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 55
From Kermit
- MONTE RAY COOLEYCorporal · March 18, 1968
- JAMES EUGENE FARROWCorporal · December 10, 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.