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JUAN BORJA VALTIERRA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 7, 1943 – January 5, 1966
Service recordJuan Borja Valtierra, of Merced, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 5, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Merced, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 55
- JOSEPH EDWARD HETZER JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 1966
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- CLYDE DAVID TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1966
- J RANDALL GIPELance Corporal · January 6, 1966
From Merced
- ROBERT THOMAS VERGANOPrivate First Class · June 27, 1966
- JAMMIE VAN FRANKLINStaff Sergeant · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM E LAWSONMaster Sergeant · September 9, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM MCMASTERPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- JIMMIE WAYNE JONESCorporal · October 22, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH WRIGHTLieutenant Commander · November 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY REEDY JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 16, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD SUYDAM IIISpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RICHARD GRANADOSSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- RALPH HENRY PADILLAPrivate · June 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.