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PHIL ISADORE VALDEZ
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
April 13, 1946 – January 29, 1967
Service recordPhil Isadore Valdez, of Dixon, New Mexico, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 97
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- April 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Dixon, New Mexico (Rio Arriba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 97
- GARY EDWIN WARDPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- CHARLES ESTERS JRCorporal · January 30, 1967
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- PAUL DAVID HOLLOWAYStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1967
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.