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EDGAR HENRY VALLECILLO
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 20, 1948 – June 6, 1967
Service recordEdgar Henry Vallecillo, of West New York, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- March 20, 1948
- Home of record
- West New York, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 64
- MITCHELL NICK STUPARLance Corporal · June 6, 1967
- BILLY LEE TOBIASSpecialist Four · June 6, 1967
- HOWARD HUGH WITHEYCorporal · June 6, 1967
- JACKIE RANDLE BAIRDLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
From West New York
- BERNARD BARRIOSPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- JOHN ANTHONY DABONKAPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY FALATOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- GERALD JAMES BREENSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- THOMAS ANTHONY MCDERMOTTCorporal · December 7, 1967
- NELSON R RAMIREZPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- JOSE ALBERTO ORTIZ-BURGOSCorporal · July 23, 1968
- DENNIS JOHN CANNITOSpecialist Four · August 26, 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.