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JOHN ARTHUR RIVES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1944 – January 8, 1969
Service recordJohn Arthur Rives JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 55
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 55
- DANA JAMES KAEBERLECorporal · January 8, 1969
- THOMAS B ORR JRCaptain · January 8, 1969
- WILLIAM RAULISON POLGLASESpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN HAIG DEMERJIANPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 52
- WILLIAM INNES BOUTON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 53
- HARRY SIMSPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 56
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.