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SANDY MITCHELL RIVERS
Seaman · U.S. Navy
July 19, 1948 – May 24, 1967
Service recordSandy Mitchell Rivers, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 24, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 98
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS BENEWAH APB 35
- Born
- July 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 98
- JOSEPH KENNETH PURELISPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- GERALD JOHN PYSHERSpecialist Five · May 24, 1967
- MICHAEL COURTNEY QUINNSeaman · May 24, 1967
- LLOYD VERNON ROBERTSPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.