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NATHANIEL RIVERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 8, 1948 – October 5, 1967
Service recordNathaniel Rivers, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1967; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 55
- DONALD RAY PHIPPSWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD REESLance Corporal · October 5, 1967
- DANNY ELIE REIDCorporal · October 5, 1967
- JAMES LLOYD ROBINSONSpecialist Four · October 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- NEVADA LARRY ELLISONCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 53
- FRANCIS CHARLES MIDUSKISecond Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 54
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
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.