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DENNIS WAYNE VALUSEK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 26, 1947 – June 8, 1970
Service recordDennis Wayne Valusek, of Galveston, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 31
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Galveston, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 31
- GEORGE WAYNE BAKERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1970
- RICHARD ALAN BOWMANCorporal · June 9, 1970
- RICHARD THEODORE CARLSONCorporal · June 9, 1970
- JOSEPH JOHN CHISKOStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CREIGHTON WAYNE SISTRUNKPrivate · Panel 9W, Line 29
From Galveston
- HERMAN WILLIAM SILVEEPrivate First Class · August 1, 1965
- JOE CHARLES LILE IISpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- WALTER MULLER JRSergeant · August 12, 1966
- FELIX RICO RAMOS JRLance Corporal · August 21, 1966
- RICHARD ALAN NANCEAirman First Class · October 25, 1966
- MARION LEE KEMPNERSecond Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- GREGORY C CLEMENTCaptain · February 23, 1967
- ARMANDO GALLARDOCorporal · April 24, 1967
- FRANK HENRY BERAN IIILance Corporal · May 20, 1967
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.