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RAFAEL TORRES-RIVERA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 22, 1940 – April 6, 1965
Service recordRafael Torres-Rivera, of Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Born
- February 22, 1940
- Home of record
- Hato Rey, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1965. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 102
- CHARLES GILBERT TUCKERCaptain · April 6, 1965
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JAMES WIMBERLEY LEWISColonel · April 7, 1965
- WILLIAM MARSHALL ROARKLieutenant · April 7, 1965
From Hato Rey
- LUIS ANTONIO RAMIREZLance Corporal · December 1, 1966
- ANGEL IRIZARRY-HERNANDEZSpecialist Six · October 13, 1967
- ANIBAL OYOLA-RABAGOCorporal · December 23, 1967
- GERMAN ANTONIO SANTIAGOStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1968
- ABELARDO RODRIGUEZ-GUZMANPrivate · August 10, 1969
- RAFAEL RIVERA BENITEZPlatoon Sergeant · February 8, 1971
- REY FRANCISCO TORRESRAMOSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1971
- DONALD BENED WHITLOCK IIISergeant · August 4, 1971
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.