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ANTHONY ROBERT VALENTINO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 12, 1944 – February 15, 1966
Service recordAnthony Robert Valentino, of Mt Vernon, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 39
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Mt Vernon, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 39
- RAYMOND ROGER POSTONSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- ANTHONY GEORGE SHEPLER JRPrivate · February 15, 1966
- WAYMOND NELSON STEPHENSONPrivate · February 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 38
- ERNEST WATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 40
From Mt Vernon
- JOHN HOWARD GRIFFITHPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JORGE L FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- MICHAEL ALFRED CUNNIONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- DAVID STEWART BOYDSergeant First Class · November 14, 1966
- MICHAEL ALBERT KRAFTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1967
- RAYMOND COLUMBUS JACKSONPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- MOSES JOHN LEWISCorporal · December 31, 1967
- DONALD BRUCE SMALLFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS MADELSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- RONALD SAPORITOPetty Officer Third Class · May 5, 1968
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.