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LEROY EDWARD VALDEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
December 7, 1944 – February 2, 1968
Service recordLeroy Edward Valdez, of Miami, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 2, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 1
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 1
- WILLIAM RANDAL TRUETTSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS VANHOOKPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- RICHARD LOUIS WENDELPetty Officer First Class · February 2, 1968
- LEON ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE NORGAARDPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.