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CARLOS VALENZUELA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 27, 1950 – February 5, 1970
Service recordCarlos Valenzuela, of Selma, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 5, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 103
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Selma, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 103
- ADAM CANTUCorporal · February 5, 1970
- MICHAEL DIPASQUANTONIOCorporal · February 5, 1970
- PHILIP BENJAMIN GOODWINSpecialist Four · February 5, 1970
- LESTER WILSON KIMBLESpecialist Four · February 5, 1970
From Selma
- JOHN GARCIALance Corporal · February 4, 1966
- SANTOS SANCHEZPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- PHILLIP ARNOLD HERRERA JRLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- CHARLES THOMAS SHELTONSergeant · January 6, 1967
- PEDRO ORTIZSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- JUAN J PEREZFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD ZAMORASpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- ARTHUR OLOGUE SOTOSergeant · August 27, 1968
- STEVEN PARKER BRODRICKFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1968
- GARY ALLEN COXLance Corporal · June 5, 1969
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.