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MODESTO VALDEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 10, 1950 – September 22, 1968
Service recordModesto Valdez, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 67
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- January 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 67
- THURMAN HORACE SMITHPrivate · September 22, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE VANMATERSergeant · September 22, 1968
- KARL ROY BIESERPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
- THOMAS DEAN BROCKSergeant · September 23, 1968
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.