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DAVID MEDINA VALDEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 15, 1947 – August 6, 1969
Service recordDavid Medina Valdez, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 525 MIL INTEL USARV
- Born
- November 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 103
- GREGORY LEO MEYERSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
- ANDREW MONTANIOPrivate First Class · August 6, 1969
- PAUL ALBERT NELSONCorporal · August 6, 1969
- SCOTT THOMAS NELSONWarrant Officer 1 · August 6, 1969
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.