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WILLIAM RIVERA-GARCIA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 13, 1946 – February 15, 1969
Service recordWilliam Rivera-Garcia, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 39
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 13, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 32W, Line 39
- WILLIAM CLINTON NIEDECKENLieutenant (junior grade) · February 15, 1969
- DENNIS COLE NORTHSergeant · February 15, 1969
- HUBERT PALMERSergeant First Class · February 15, 1969
- RICHARD AMBROSE WALSH IIIColonel · February 15, 1969
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.