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RAFAEL VALENTIN
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 23, 1924 – May 14, 1967
Service recordRafael Valentin, of New York, New York, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 122
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 23, 1924
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1967
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1967; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 122
- PAT ELLIS PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · May 14, 1967
- GARY EDWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- CRAWFORD SNOWCorporal · May 14, 1967
- FORREST MONTGOMERY STAFFORDPetty Officer First Class · May 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH CARLTON HAILEYCaptain · Panel 19E, Line 117
- JOHN MITCHELL HICKSSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 118
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.