Silvestre Martinez Rivera
Sergeant
2ND PLT, A CO, 1ST BN, 12TH INFANTRY, 4TH INF DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Kerman, California
July 10, 1948 to May 14, 1970
SILVESTRE M RIVERA is on the Wall at Panel W10, Line 43

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Silvestre M Rivera
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06 Dec 1997

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Not forgotten by his friends.

From an anonymous comrade

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 14 May 1970, during the incursion into the NVA sanctuary areas in Cambodia, Charlie Company 3/506 Infantry captured a massive NVA base camp. Alpha Company, 3/12 Infantry, was inserted to assist C/3/506 in securing the camp area while the supplies and munitions were destroyed. Alpha 3/12 took one casualty from a sniper and two more when they engaged an enemy force in a two hour fight. The three men were
  • SGT Silvestre M. Rivera, Kerman, CA
  • SGT Leroy Wallace, Jacksonville, FL
  • PFC Thomas J. Petela, Warren, MI

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