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JOHN WESLEY VALENTINE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 27, 1947 – October 12, 1968
Service recordJohn Wesley Valentine, of Brandonville, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 55
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 70 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- February 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Brandonville, West Virginia (Preston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 55
- JAMES LEON THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- MICHAEL LEON WASSERMANPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- DONALD RAY WEBBCorporal · October 12, 1968
- JOHN ROBIN WIESTCaptain · October 12, 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.