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FRANCIS PEDRO VALDEZ
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 11, 1948 – June 7, 1970
Service recordFrancis Pedro Valdez, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 25
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Repairer (31E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Oshkosh, Wisconsin (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 25
- MICHAEL CRAIG ROCKEYCorporal · June 7, 1970
- VICTOR ARNALDO TAFOYACorporal · June 7, 1970
- LEONARD CHARLES WARNICKPetty Officer Third Class · June 7, 1970
- KURT MICHAEL WILBRECHTFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RYA CRANFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 23
- ORLA DANIEL HAMMACKSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 23
From Oshkosh
- ORLAND ORRIN BEARWALDPrivate First Class · September 8, 1965
- KENNETH BRUCE HAWLEYCorporal · August 12, 1966
- PAUL EDWARD MANSKEPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS DOBISHPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- DONALD ROY LASTSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT FISCHERSergeant · July 23, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN MEHNEPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- JAMES JEROME LINDSergeant · January 5, 1968
- CHRISTIAN ALAN LANGENFELDPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- STEVEN LYNN ZOBELLance Corporal · May 21, 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.