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MIGUEL ANGEL RIVERA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 29, 1948 – March 21, 1969
Service recordMiguel Angel Rivera, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 2
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 2
- BILLY WAYNE RAPPSergeant · March 21, 1969
- JAMES RANDOLPH REGNOLDSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- ROBERT LUCIAN RIGGINS JRCorporal · March 21, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWIN ROWEStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALTER TARVER BRYANTPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 96
- WILLIAM LORANCE DENTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 97
- JOHNNY LAWRENCE EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 99
- RONNIE RUDOLPH WHITECorporal · Panel 28W, Line 6
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.