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ELOY RUBEN VALLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 16, 1948 – July 20, 1970
Service recordEloy Ruben Valle, of Rio Grande City, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 36
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Rio Grande City, Texas (Starr County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1970; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 36
- RAYMOND CLARK THOMPSON SRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
- DENNIS RICHARD LEVISSergeant · July 20, 1970
- DAVID JACK MAGNUSONSpecialist Four · July 20, 1970
- LARRY JOE PLETTPrivate First Class · July 20, 1970
- MARK JAMES WEBBWarrant Officer 1 · July 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILLIAM AYERSCaptain · Panel 8W, Line 34
- BILL GWINN BROWNINGCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 34
- DURL GENE CALHOUNSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 34
- JOHN CHARLES KNOTTCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 34
- SAMUEL T CARROLL JRSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 35
- PATRICK THOMAS DEWULFCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 35
- DENNIS FAY FISHERSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 35
- LARRY JOE PLETTPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 36
From Rio Grande City
- JOEL RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOSE ANTONIO HINOJOSAPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- FRANCISCO ALVAREZSergeant · November 25, 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.