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PETER LYLE VALENCICH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 1, 1947 – May 22, 1967
Service recordPeter Lyle Valencich, of Manchester, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Manchester, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 88
- DONALD EDWARD WALTERS JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- KENNETH GLEN WORMANPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- BOBBIE MAXSEN AUTONSpecialist Four · May 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GERALD DENNIS BEHLKEPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 81
From Manchester
- JAMES ROY BIHLMEYERPrivate First Class · April 15, 1967
- DEAN FRANCIS SPAULDING JRFirst Lieutenant · December 15, 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.