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MIGUEL A GONZALEZ-RIVERA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 26, 1948 – February 22, 1969
Service recordMiguel A Gonzalez-Rivera, of Ciales, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 78
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Ciales, Puerto Rico (Ciales County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 78
- ALAN RAY GRAHAMPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- EDWARD SHERIDAN GUMCorporal · February 22, 1969
- RONALD LYNN HARKEYSergeant · February 22, 1969
- LEE ROY HERRONFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIE THOMASSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 84
From Ciales
- JOSE RAMO PAGAN-CARTAGENASergeant · January 14, 1966
- ELIEZER DOMINGUEZ-CORTESPrivate First Class · October 9, 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.