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MILTON PEREZ-RIVERA
Private · U.S. Army
December 13, 1948 – May 2, 1970
Service recordMilton Perez-Rivera, of New York, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 13, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 87
- JERRY NEWTON PHILLIPSCaptain · May 2, 1970
- BUNYAN DURANT PRICE JRStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1970
- FRANK LATIMER RICE JRFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1970
- DALE WAYNE RICHARDSONMajor · May 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILLIAM BARNETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 82
- RODNEY LYNN GRIFFINSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 85
- BUNYAN DURANT PRICE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 87
- DALE WAYNE RICHARDSONMajor · Panel 11W, Line 87
- ROBERT MILTON YOUNGCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 89
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.