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AMADO ACOSTA VALENCIA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 21, 1945 – May 15, 1969
Service recordAmado Acosta Valencia, of Austin, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 22
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 22
- EDDIE WENDELL SNIPESPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- WALTER ROBERT STACYWarrant Officer 1 · May 15, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM STINDLPetty Officer Third Class · May 15, 1969
- JERRY DENVER THOMASSpecialist Four · May 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAN YAZZIESpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 24
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
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.