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JOSE ANTO RIVERA-BERMUDEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 5, 1944 – July 19, 1968
Service recordJose Anto Rivera-Bermudez, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 13
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 5, 1944
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 13
- RENE THOMAS PRUDENPrivate First Class · July 19, 1968
- CHARLES FRANCIS RUBADOLance Corporal · July 19, 1968
- AMOS CHESTER SHERRILL IIPrivate First Class · July 19, 1968
- DAVID PAUL THIBODEAUPrivate First Class · July 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY LLOYD GRUNSTADCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 10
- ROBERT DAVIS MORRISPrivate · Panel 51W, Line 12
- RONALD FRANCIS SOSNOSKISergeant · Panel 51W, Line 14
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.