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JOHN JUAN VALERO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 23, 1947 – March 21, 1969
Service recordJohn Juan Valero, of San Francisco, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 5
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1947
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 5
- GERALD RICHARD THOMPSONSpecialist Five · March 21, 1969
- MICHAEL KELLY THOMPSONCaptain · March 21, 1969
- PHILIP BRUCE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- KELLY PATRICK VAUGHNCorporal · March 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICKEY WILLIAM HILLCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 98
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.