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U.S. Navy · United States 
Hospitalman John Wilson Rivers served in the U.S. Navy. John served with the H CO S2 BN 3 MAR 9 MAB. John served in the Vietnam War. John was 19 years old.
How They Died
Manner
Combat Death
Cause
Gunshot wound
Circumstance
Killed in action
Place
Thua Thien
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Service Record
U.S. Navy
HN: Hospitalman
HOSPITAL CORPSMAN
THUA THIEN
1967
Pay grade E03.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
4
For service and achievement
Foreign awards
Memorials
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John Wilson Rivers
Hospitalman
U.S. Navy
- 1967
2nd Battalion 3rd Marines
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