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MIGUEL ANGEL RIVERA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 29, 1944 – June 7, 1966
Service recordMiguel Angel Rivera, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 18
- JOHN BENNIE LASKEYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- WILLIAM GUNTHER NORBERGMajor · June 7, 1966
- IRA HILTON PERKINS JRStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS SANDNERCaptain · June 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM GUNTHER NORBERGMajor · Panel 8E, Line 18
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.