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FRANCISCO MACEDO VALENCIA
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 2, 1946 – April 15, 1967
Service recordFrancisco Macedo Valencia, of San Diego, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 32
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1946
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 32
- ROBERT AGUILARSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- FRANK ALBERT THOMPSONCorporal · April 15, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT UTTERSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- RICHARD ALDEN VINALSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANTONIO FLORES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 28
- ROBERT ALLEN MCCARTNEYSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 30
- STEVEN JOHN SURMAPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 31
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.