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MANUEL ANTON PEREZ-RIVERA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 4, 1944 – June 21, 1966
Service recordManuel Anton Perez-Rivera, of Utuado, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Born
- August 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Utuado, Puerto Rico (Utuado County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 73
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SOTHCaptain · June 21, 1966
- JOHN BERNARD SULLIVAN IIIMajor · June 21, 1966
- FREDRICK HAZER VESTERSpecialist Four · June 21, 1966
- CHARLES KEITH WRIGHTSpecialist Four · June 21, 1966
From Utuado
- ADRIEN MANU JORDAN-MOLEROSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- CONFESOR RIVERA-MARTESSergeant First Class · April 1, 1967
- JUAN FRANCISCO VAZQUEZSergeant First Class · February 4, 1968
- WILFREDO CINTRON-MENDEZSpecialist Four · November 1, 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.