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RAFAEL L RIVERA-BALAGUER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 1, 1933 – June 9, 1967
Service recordRafael L Rivera-Balaguer, of New York, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 9, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 80
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- September 1, 1933
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1967; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 80
- JAMES LOUIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
- RICHARD W PODELLCaptain · June 9, 1967
- FRANK RICHARD RAGUSASpecialist Five · June 9, 1967
- RUFUS RAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 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.