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PVT Juan Rivera-Gonzalez

65th Infantry Regiment
HQ CO 2 BN
Army
Non-hostile, Aircraft Crash
Aircraft Type: C-119C
Aircraft Number: 51-2551
Date Of Loss: November 14, 1952
Service Number: US50111372
Born: March 10, 1930
Home Or Place Of Enlistment
Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico
Location Or Battle Zone: South Korea
Town Or Area: Air Crash East Of K-16 - Cho-Ok
Hill Or Outpost: Hill 683
Burial Location
Puerto Rico National Cemetery

Comments: Private Rivera-Gonzalez was a member of Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 65th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. On November 14, 1952, was a passenger aboard a C-119C, "Flying Boxcar" from the 63rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 403rd Troop Carrier Group enroute from Ashiya Air Base, Japan to Seoul, Korea. It crashed into Hill 683 near Cho-ok and about 15 miles east of Seoul (K-16), killing all 44 servicemen on board.

Korean War Project Key No: 35817

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JUAN RIVERA-GONZALEZ

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SABANA SECA, PUERTO RICO

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