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FRANCISCO NEVARES VALDEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 16, 1949 – February 19, 1971
Service recordFrancisco Nevares Valdez, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1971, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 122
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Petroleum Supply Specialist (76W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 122
- ROY MILTON SMITHSpecialist Four · February 19, 1971
- JAMES EDWARD TUCKER JRCorporal · February 19, 1971
- CLAYTON LEON WOODSSpecialist Four · February 19, 1971
- ROBERT JOSEPH ACALOTTOStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD ALLEN MONNETTSpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 121
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 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.