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HENRY VALENZUELA JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 9, 1945 – January 2, 1968
Service recordHenry Valenzuela JR, of San Gabriel, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 24
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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
- September 9, 1945
- Home of record
- San Gabriel, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 24
- TOMMY GENE STOVERSergeant · January 2, 1968
- ABLE CROOM STROUD IIICorporal · January 2, 1968
- VICTOR DAVID TOMCZYKPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- ROBERT L WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY WAYNE BIRMINGHAMSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 16
- GARY EVERET CLAYTONSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 17
- JEFFRY ARTHUR LARSONCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 19
- FREDERICK LEE MANLYCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 20
- FREDERICK ANDREW PINESpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 21
- GERALD FRANK RIEDLBERGERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 22
- JOSE A C SILVEIRASergeant · Panel 33E, Line 22
- WILLIAM EDWARD STAINERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 23
- TOMMY GENE STOVERSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 24
From San Gabriel
- BRUCE HORACE EATONSecond Lieutenant · July 3, 1967
- ALLEN DALE JAGIELOPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- GARY GORDON HAHNSergeant · December 6, 1967
- RENE ZAROGOZA HERNANDEZCorporal · February 2, 1968
- ISIDRO BRICENO JIMENEZPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- LEE THOMAS HAMMANHospitalman · March 19, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT PINERSergeant · March 11, 1970
- MICKEY EUGENE GRIFFITHSergeant · April 2, 1970
- WILLIAM JAMES MITTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 6, 1970
- RALPH WOMMACK HUNTPrivate First Class · August 1, 1970
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.