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GLENN CURTIS VALENTE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 9, 1949 – January 5, 1971
Service recordGlenn Curtis Valente, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1971, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 28
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Coatesville, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 28
- EUGENE HENRY MCKAY IIIPrivate First Class · January 5, 1971
- RONNIE VAGO ROGERSSpecialist Four · January 5, 1971
- FREDERICK WILLIAM BALDAUFPrivate First Class · January 6, 1971
- GARY RAYMOND BOECKLance Corporal · January 6, 1971
From Coatesville
- ROBERT CARL LANEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 5, 1966
- DONALD RUSSELL BURTONSergeant · April 2, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SMITHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- DAVID EARL HARTSOEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- FRANK A GIACOBELLO JRSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- RONALD RICHARD KINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- EDWARD LEROY FOLKSPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MICHINOKPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- WILLIAM JAMES DAVIDSON JRSpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JAMES CALVIN MARKEL JRLance Corporal · July 28, 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.