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MANUEL BURROLA VALLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 10, 1944 – April 1, 1967
Service recordManuel Burrola Valle, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 89
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 89
- DAVID F TAYLOR IIIFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1967
- ANGELO TORRESSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- RICHARD MEAD WATERBURYSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- SAMMIE LEE WATTPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN STANLEY MICANSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 86
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 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.