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JUAN RIVERA
Private · U.S. Army
July 26, 1948 – February 4, 1969
Service recordJuan Rivera, of New York, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 58
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 26, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 58
- ROGER DOUGLAS KNUDTSONFirst Lieutenant · February 4, 1969
- JAMES DEAN OPSAHLFirst Lieutenant · February 4, 1969
- ANTHONY LOUIS QUINNPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- HAROLD REED RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID RYAN AUGUSTUSPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 52
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.