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FRANK MICHAEL VALENTINE
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 30, 1945 – April 30, 1970
Service recordFrank Michael Valentine, of Litchfield, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Litchfield, Ohio (Medina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 78
- JAMES CONRAD ADAMSMajor · May 1, 1970
- KEITH SAM ARNESONSpecialist Four · May 1, 1970
- JOHN HAROLD BARRETTSpecialist Four · May 1, 1970
- JAMES BUSHSergeant First Class · May 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD BARRETTCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 73
- DANIEL FLORESSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 73
- GLEN LESTER KNOBLOCKCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 74
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.