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FRANCISCO LUIS VALLE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 23, 1938 – March 12, 1968
Service recordFrancisco Luis Valle, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 31
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 23, 1938
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 31
- ESTEL DENNY SPAKESSergeant First Class · March 12, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN STEWARTSergeant · March 12, 1968
- JOHN RICHARD STROHMAIERSergeant · March 12, 1968
- CARLOS V TREVINOStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BERND BACHLEDAPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 24
- RICHARD LANCE DUNLAPSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 25
- LEON GEORGE EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 25
- WILLIAM ARTHUR JONESSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 27
- PAUL TEJEDA ARAMBULAPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 28
- CARLOS V TREVINOStaff Sergeant · Panel 44E, Line 31
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.