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RAFAEL A ALGARIN-RIVERA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 28, 1942 – January 27, 1966
Service recordRafael A Algarin-Rivera, of Juncos, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Juncos, Puerto Rico (Juncos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 98
- ARTHUR REGOCorporal · January 26, 1966
- ALDO ROSSI JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1966
- ALENN MERRITT TATEPrivate First Class · January 26, 1966
- JON PAUL TRAVISSergeant · January 26, 1966
- DAVID ALAN LANELance Corporal · January 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY ROGER HARSANYIPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 99
- THURMAN B SHOCKLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 101
From Juncos
- ANGEL LUIS FRAGOSA-GARCIACorporal · March 14, 1967
- MARCELINO RIVERA-CRUZGunnery Sergeant · May 10, 1967
- ANGEL LUIS ACEVEDO-MILLANSpecialist Four · November 28, 1969
- RAUL DEJESUS-ROSACorporal · June 22, 1970
- JAIME HERNANDEZ-CARRASQUILStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1970
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.