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JOHN ASDRUBAL RIVERA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 20, 1947 – March 7, 1969
Service recordJohn Asdrubal Rivera, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 69
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 69
- NOEL LUIS RIOSStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1968
- JERRY CLAYTON ROBBINSStaff Sergeant · March 7, 1969
- JOSEPH CHARLES RUSSOSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- RANDALL JACK SANDOVALPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENTON ELWOOD HENNINGERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 63
- ORANGE GOODINGSergeant First Class · Panel 30W, Line 64
- LINNELL BUTLERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 65
- ROGER JAMES MAZALSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 67
- JOHN HAYDEN WESTPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 67
- ROGER JAMES SPENCESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 70
- TERRANCE LEE WEANTSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 70
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.