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PERVIS B VALENTINE JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 10, 1943 – April 19, 1968
Service recordPervis B Valentine JR, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Roxbury, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 3
- WILLIS WILSON SMITH JRWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1968
- LAWRENCE JAMES SNYDERCorporal · April 19, 1968
- TOMMY LEE TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- RUSSELL LEE THOMPSONSergeant · April 19, 1968
From Roxbury
- MARTIN FRANCIS KILLILEASpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- ISAAC JONESPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- JOSEPH WESLEY DUNNPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- JOSEPH DENNIS MCNULTYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- SIDNEY DANIEL LANE JRSergeant · April 29, 1967
- WALTER WILLIAM MORGANLance Corporal · October 4, 1967
- DUDLEY NORMAN JORDANSergeant · October 19, 1967
- BRISTOL ROBERTSON JRCorporal · October 29, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD PRESTONSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RODNEY W JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1968
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.