The Wall › Panel 21W › New York › Santos Rivera JR
SANTOS RIVERA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 12, 1950 – July 9, 1969
Service recordSantos Rivera JR, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 90
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 12, 1950
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 90
- STEVEN LINDSEY PORTERPrivate First Class · July 9, 1969
- WALTER EUGENE ROBERTSSpecialist Four · July 9, 1969
- JIMMIE CHARLES SCROGUMSergeant · July 9, 1969
- MICHAEL DUANE SPRINKLEPrivate First Class · July 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CHARLES BOBOPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 87
- DANIEL SULLIVANSpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 87
- JAMES CORNELIUS DOLOUGHTYStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 88
- ROBERT EARL KINGCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 89
- WALTER EUGENE ROBERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 90
- JUAN LUIS TERRAZASSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 91
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.