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THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 18, 1941 – June 16, 1967
Service recordThomas Antonio Rivera, of Santurce, Puerto Rico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 18, 1941
- Home of record
- Santurce, Puerto Rico (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 115
- HARMON THURSTON RESPASSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- CLARANCE W ROGERS JRPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- LYLE ERVIN ROHLFSENPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- EUGENE SESTERCorporal · June 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEWIS CONLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 111
- JERRY MALONE JENKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 112
- ALVA NORTEN MYRICK IISergeant · Panel 21E, Line 113
- JOHN EARNEST MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 114
- DEAN NELSON RASCHKESergeant · Panel 21E, Line 114
- HARMON THURSTON RESPASSSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 115
- CLARANCE W ROGERS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 115
- LYLE ERVIN ROHLFSENPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 115
- JOHN ANDREW SICKLESSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 116
- MICHAEL TERRY URSERYSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 116
- CHARLES EDWARD VICICHPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 116
From Santurce
- RAFAEL ACEVEDO-RECHANIMajor · December 3, 1965
- EDUARDO GONZALEZ-DROZSergeant · March 22, 1966
- ALFREDO OSTOLAZO-MALDONADOPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- VICTOR M TOSADO-HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · August 28, 1966
- ARMANDO RAMOSSergeant First Class · October 4, 1966
- LUIS VIGO-NEGRINStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ANGEL MIGU SOTO-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- NOEL ALEXANDER JOHNSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1967
- ALBERTO CARRASQUILLO-DENTONSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- EDUARDO ARANDA-SANTOSSpecialist Four · March 31, 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.