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HENRY LOUIS VALO JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 30, 1948 – February 24, 1970
Service recordHenry Louis Valo JR, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 168 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- December 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 52
- JAMES HARRY SACHASCHIKPrivate First Class · February 24, 1970
- PATRICK LEROY SMITHCaptain · February 24, 1970
- WALTER LEE WILSON JRSergeant · February 24, 1970
- RONALD EUGENE YOUNGPrivate First Class · February 24, 1970
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.