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DONALD LYNN VALENTINE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 2, 1946 – November 13, 1970
Service recordDonald Lynn Valentine, of Lafayette, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 58
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Lafayette, Indiana (Tippecanoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 58
- DAVID IRVIN WRIGHTMajor · November 13, 1970
- CHARLES HENRY ADAMSSpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
- LEONARD PETER ALLENSergeant · November 14, 1970
- PAUL THOMAS COESergeant · November 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LESLIE AIKENSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 55
From Lafayette
- ROBERT LEE MANNCaptain · October 22, 1965
- JAMES DARRYL BASHAMPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN KNOCHELLieutenant · September 22, 1966
- ROBERT JOE HARDESTYSpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- DAVID LEROY HOWARDPrivate First Class · September 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT JENNETTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- THOMAS HAROLD NERINIPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- RANDELL HOOD LOYSpecialist Four · September 4, 1968
- STEVEN RANDALL BROOKSLance Corporal · September 13, 1968
- DOYLE EUGENE SALLEECorporal · November 12, 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.