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JERON FRANKLIN VALENTINE
Private · U.S. Army
October 10, 1948 – May 7, 1968
Service recordJeron Franklin Valentine, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 33
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Duty Soldier (57A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 33
- GEORGE M VICTORSergeant First Class · May 7, 1968
- DONALD GILES WAIDEStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1968
- GEORGE THOMAS LLOY WALKERCorporal · May 7, 1968
- DONALD WINSLOW WILLIAMSCorporal · May 7, 1968
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 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.