Survivors include: his wife Sylvia, a daughter Cheryl Burnison of Lawton, a son Ryland and Brenda Rivas of Blanchard Okla., three sisters: Charlotte Morris and Tomasita Rivas of Chickasha and Mary Plata of Lawton. He was preceded in death by: his parents, two sisters: Elizabeth Walton and Benita LeGrange, three brothers: Cross Rivas, Cid Rivas and Johnnie Michael Rivas who was killed in action on D-Day in France, and his son-in-law Larry Burnison. His Comanche heritage consisted of his mother Patricia (Roach) Rivas, his maternal Grandmother Pokin Roach(husband Benjamin Roach) and Great Grandfather Tabenanika, a Comanche Chief. He was a member of the Comanche Indian Tribe and Comanche Indian Veterans Assn. He loved the Lord God and was a devoted family man. Rivas was a non-denominational Christian who was an avid reader of the Bible, having read it through several times. After living in Lawton for 20 years, and the two children Cheryl and Ryland were no longer at home, the couple moved to Manitou after the death of Floyd Roark, his wife's dad to tend the farm in 1972. He had worked at Byrum's in Frederick, Griswold's in Lawton and Glen Powers on Fort Sill. Between the two wars from 1945 to 1950 Rivas had been employed in dry cleaning shops and Attended the National Institute of Cleaners and Dryers in Silver Springs Md and later operated his own dry cleaning shop. Korean Citations: Korean Service Medal w/Bronze Star, Combat Infantry Badge, Army OccupationMedal (Japan) and the United States Service Medal. The AAF Air Crew Member Badge (Wings) and AAF Tech Badge with airplane Engine Mechanic Bar. WWII citations: Asiatic Pacific Service Medal with three Bronze Battle Stars and four Oak Leaf Clusters, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal. was called up in 1950, trained a few months at Fort Polk,La. He was a member of the OK National Guard, F Company, Frederick Ok when the OK 45th Div. Rivas also served two years during the Korean Conflict/War. 1945 and was awaiting a return to combat when the Atomic Bomb was dropped which ended WW II. The crew was rotated to the states in Jan. The crew's 48th and last mission was one of the longest daylight missions ever flown by B-24's (Liberator) to bomb vital Japanese oil and gas refineries at Balikapapn on Borneo and was near fatal for the crew, as the U.S. Rivas served as a ball turret gunner on the B-24 Bomber. The crew was assigned to the 5th Bomb Group, 13th Air Force and flew to the Asiatic Pacific Theater of operations where they flew 48 missions. Following was a transfer to Pueblo Air Base in Pueblo Colorado for training with a crew of ten for overseas combat duty. He and Sylvia Witt of rural Manitou were married at Gulfport, Ms. Rivas was transferred to Keesler Field, Biloxi Ms. He was assigned to the Laredo, Texas Air Base and earned the aerial gunner wings and rank of Sgt. He enlisted in the Army Air Corp in 1942 and later received his high school diploma through the veterans program from Chickasha High School. He attended Verden and Chickasha Schools. Louis Ray Rivas was born Augnear Anadarko Oklahoma to John R.
Sill National Cemetery in Elgin under the direction of Comanche Nation Funeral Home. Burial with military honors will follow at the Ft. Funeral for Louis Ray Rivas will be Thursday Decemat 12:30 pm at the Comanche Nation Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Louis Ray Rivas went to his heavenly home on Monday, Decemin Lawton.
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