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RAUL RIVERA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 13, 1948 – August 16, 1970
Service recordRaul Rivera, of Newburgh, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Newburgh, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 117
- ROBERT LOUIS SCHOFIELDStaff Sergeant · August 16, 1970
- STEPHEN ALLEN SHARPStaff Sergeant · August 16, 1970
- GARY LEE WASHENIKStaff Sergeant · August 16, 1970
- ROBERT ALLAN ATERPrivate First Class · August 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ELVIN JAMES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 116
From Newburgh
- GEORGE EDWARD HULSE IIISpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- THOMAS DOUGLAS PETERKINSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- JACK WOLPELance Corporal · August 3, 1967
- FRANK VINCENT RAZPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- JOHN LAWRENCE WULFFERTSecond Lieutenant · December 23, 1967
- RAMON HERNANDEZ GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1968
- THOMAS LEE MORKSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- ANTHONY ERICH REEDSergeant · March 4, 1968
- JOSE ENRIQUE TORRESSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- DAVID HUGH WHITEHILLSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 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.