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JUAN VALENZUELA
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 13, 1947 – August 21, 1967
Service recordJuan Valenzuela, of Mcallen, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 26
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF
- Born
- April 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Mcallen, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 26
- WILLIAM D SOULEStaff Sergeant · August 21, 1967
- FREDERICK HOWARD TIMSSergeant · August 21, 1967
- J FORREST GEORGE TREMBLEYLieutenant Commander · August 21, 1967
- BILLY FRANK WATSONSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BILLY FRANK WATSONSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 26
- LARRY ROBERT WIEGERTCorporal · Panel 25E, Line 27
From Mcallen
- VIRGIL KING CAMERONLieutenant Commander · July 29, 1966
- JULIAN MARTINEZ ALVAREZPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- ARTURO RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- JOSE BENIGNO TIJERINAPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- SAMUEL ALMENDARIZMaster Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- CARLOS V TREVINOStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1968
- JACK ALLEN WHETSEL JRFirst Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
- GEORGE RAMIRO SOSAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD CAMPBELLColonel · January 29, 1969
- JOHN SIDNEY BONNER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 31, 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.