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NESTOR J RIVERA-TRINIDAD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 26, 1947 – September 21, 1967
Service recordNestor J Rivera-Trinidad, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 106
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 26, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1967
- 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 September 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 106
- KENNETH LEO PLUMADORELance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- MORELL JOE POPEPrivate · September 21, 1967
- TIAGO REISCorporal · September 21, 1967
- DONALD JUAN RICHARDSLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
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.