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HECTOR M VALENTIN-PEREZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 20, 1948 – June 9, 1969
Service recordHector M Valentin-Perez, of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 9
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 9
- RONALD JAMES MATELFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1969
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS SPARKSSergeant · June 9, 1969
- DANIEL TUCKER THURSTONSergeant · June 9, 1969
- JASPER H TRUSLEY JRSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLEN BURINGRUDPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 117
- GORDON MILTON GEORGE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 120
- JACK ALBERT HARKER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 22W, Line 1
- THOMAS ARTHUR HILLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 22W, Line 1
- JOHN MARSHALL MOORE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 4
- JEROME DALE MORNEAUCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 4
- MICHAEL RAYMOND WICKSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 10
From Rio Piedras
- LUIS RAFAEL JIMENEZStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- ANTONIO BARBOSA-VILLAFANEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- JORGE LUIS ISALES-BENITEZSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- CRISTOBAL MELENDEZSergeant First Class · September 29, 1966
- ULISES ORTIZ-COLONPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- JOSE LUIS FONTANEZ-VELEZPrivate · November 4, 1966
- LUDIN BERMUDEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ANTONIO HERNANDEZ-SOTOPrivate First Class · November 22, 1969
- AMALIO PAGAN-PAGANSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- JOSE LUIS MIRANDA-ORTIZStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
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.