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JOHN BEN VALDEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 8, 1948 – August 13, 1969
Service recordJohn Ben Valdez, of Rocky Ford, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 35
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Rocky Ford, Colorado (Otero County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 35
- RUSSELL MARVIN STAUDTPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
- ROBERT EARL SWINDLEStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1969
- MICHAEL JONES THOMASLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- CHARLES VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
From Rocky Ford
- JACKIE PHILLIP HEILCaptain · September 25, 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.