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ENRIQUE VALDEZ
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 28, 1937 – August 26, 1969
Service recordEnrique Valdez, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1969, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Born
- June 28, 1937
- Home of record
- Santa Fe, New Mexico
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Added to the Wall
- 2009
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1969. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 51
- JAMES TIMOTHY LUSCINSKICaptain · October 8, 1969
- FARRIS ELDON MAYPrivate First Class · October 8, 1969
- LESTER MCCABESergeant First Class · October 8, 1969
- ALEX ROY MOSHERSpecialist Four · October 8, 1969
- LARRY RAY OWENSPetty Officer Second Class · October 8, 1969
From Santa Fe
- FRANCIS XAVIER NAVACorporal · September 8, 1966
- JOHN FRANK RAY GRIEGOCorporal · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT STEVEN TRUJILLOStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1968
- MANUEL TIODORO SEGURAPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- GILBERT MORALESSergeant First Class · July 14, 1968
- WILLIE DANIEN MARTINEZCorporal · March 27, 1969
- RICHARD EDWARD GRIEGOSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- SANTIAGO V E QUINTANAPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- PEDRO ASCENCION DELORAPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- LEROY LARKIN HOWLANDSpecialist Four · November 20, 1969
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2009, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.