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MIGUEL ANGEL VALENTIN JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 14, 1943 – October 6, 1962
Service recordMiguel Angel Valentin JR, of Rockaway Beach, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 6, 1962, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 13
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
- A/C Communications/Navigation Systems Technician (6611)
- Born
- February 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Rockaway Beach, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1962
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1962; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1962, 11 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 13
- MICHAEL JOSEPH TUNNEYFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1962
- HERBERT W BOOTH JRCaptain · October 15, 1962
- TERRY DENVER CORDELLCaptain · October 15, 1962
- RICHARD L FOXXTechnical Sergeant · October 15, 1962
From Rockaway Beach
- GARY KEVE MORRISCorporal · May 20, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN HAYESPrivate First Class · January 2, 1969
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.