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PAUL ROBERT RIVET
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 31, 1950 – May 10, 1971
Service recordPaul Robert Rivet, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 30
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supply Man, Manual Account (3071)
- Born
- March 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Woonsocket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 30
- JOHN WAYNE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1971
- JOHN ARTHUR STALEYStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1971
- DAVID WAYNE STARCHERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1971
- LEWIS CLARK WALTONSergeant First Class · May 10, 1971
From Woonsocket
- LEWIS METCALFE WALLING JRSecond Lieutenant · February 11, 1962
- ANTHONY SILBASpecialist Five · March 28, 1966
- RONALD JOSEPH BRISSETTEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- PAUL LIONEL DURANDPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- RENE RAYMOND COUTUCorporal · August 27, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD DUCHARMELance Corporal · October 2, 1967
- DENNIS EDWARD BURKESecond Lieutenant · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM LAUZONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL RAYStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN FRISKSergeant · March 27, 1968
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.