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CLYDE W VANVALKENBURG JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 5, 1947 – October 15, 1969
Service recordClyde W Vanvalkenburg JR, of Tulare, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 82
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Tulare, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 82
- DANIEL GRANT RULISONCorporal · October 15, 1969
- TONY ELWOOD SEAYSpecialist Four · October 15, 1969
- RONDALL PRESTON SPEARSPrivate First Class · October 15, 1969
- DAVID JOHN TRBOVICHPrivate First Class · October 15, 1969
From Tulare
- REYNALDO CASTIL HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- FRED CONTRERAS NUNEZStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- WILLIAM O SAUNDERS JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- ALVIN RAY BROWNSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- LEONARD LONGHospitalman · March 26, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD PURCELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- PILAR JOSEPH CUELLARPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD WELLSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- CHARLES ALEXANDER JONESSergeant First Class · May 22, 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.