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PETE ANTHONY VALASQUEZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1942 – December 14, 1965
Service recordPete Anthony Valasquez, of Loveland, Colorado, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 16
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1942
- Home of record
- Loveland, Colorado (Larimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 16
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- JAMES CARL KINDELCaptain · December 14, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- JERRY PROSPER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 15, 1965
From Loveland
- DONALD WARREN CONN JRLance Corporal · June 9, 1966
- ARTHUR LLOYD ADAMS JRPetty Officer Third Class · August 23, 1968
- ARLON GLENN SCHAEFFERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1968
- FLOYD DALE KETELSSergeant · April 1, 1970
- DONALD KEITH OSBORNCaptain · March 23, 1971
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.