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JAMES RUSSELL VALENTINE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 7, 1947 – May 8, 1967
Service recordJames Russell Valentine, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 67
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; 45 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 67
- KURT CLARENCE STAABPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS JACK STEIMERLieutenant (junior grade) · May 8, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- PHILIP RICHARD VANASSECorporal · May 8, 1967
From Johnstown
- HARRY GRIFFITH CRAMERCaptain · October 21, 1957
- JOHN CHARLES SIGGCaptain · May 28, 1965
- THOMAS N CARDIFF JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- JAMES BARRY MCGILLSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1967
- EDWARD ANDREW MINDYASAirman · July 29, 1967
- REED MCKINLEY MAY JRLance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1967
- STANLEY ALBERT STYSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- BERNARD FRANCIS YARBINITZPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES CARNEYSpecialist Four · May 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.