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ROBERT CHARLES RIVEIRA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 25, 1950 – September 23, 1970
Service recordRobert Charles Riveira, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 86
- RAYMOND DALE WOODSONLance Corporal · September 23, 1970
- JAMES RICHARD FORTENBERRYSpecialist Four · September 24, 1970
- FRED FRENCHSpecialist Four · September 24, 1970
- WILLIAM JOHN FROSSARDCorporal · September 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HIRAM EURIAS EDENTON JRCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 85
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
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.