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DONALD WILLIAM VALLEN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1949 – May 14, 1969
Service recordDonald William Vallen JR, of New Hyde Park, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1949
- Home of record
- New Hyde Park, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 13
- RUFUS NEWTON STEVENSON JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
- DAVID ALAN STIYERSpecialist Five · May 14, 1969
- LARRY EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
- SAMMIE WAYNE WADDLESergeant · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE WAYNE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 7
- JAMES ALLEN LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 8
From New Hyde Park
- LEO VINCENT SILBERTPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS OGRADYColonel · April 10, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH FINNEGANPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- JOHN DIDOMIZIOPrivate · September 4, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GALLAGHERSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL PROSCIAPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH BURKECaptain · February 5, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL RUPERTSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH PALENSCARPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- RALPH WILLIAM MANNERSFirst Lieutenant · August 26, 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.