The WallVietnam Veterans Memorial · The Lake Norman Brief
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Joseph Ronald Valentine.

The Wall › Panel 60W › Louisiana › Joseph Ronald Valentine

JOSEPH RONALD VALENTINE

Private First Class · U.S. Army

July 24, 1947 – June 3, 1968

Service record

Joseph Ronald Valentine, of Prairieville, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 60W · Line 6

Position of Panel 60W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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.

Remember

Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.

Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
9 INF DIV
Born
July 24, 1947
Home of record
Prairieville, Louisiana

Casualty

Date of death
June 3, 1968
Age
20
Province
Dinh Tuong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

61 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 60W, Line 6

Same unit, same day

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.