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RALPH MARIO VALENCIA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 24, 1947 – December 10, 1967
Service recordRalph Mario Valencia, of Monterey Park, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 10, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 78
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Monterey Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 78
- MICHAEL ROBERT SHAPARDSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- SAMUEL JEROME SMITHPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- MELVIN DEWAYNE SODOWSKYSecond Lieutenant · December 10, 1967
- RONALD CLARK STALLINGSSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
From Monterey Park
- GEORGE CALDERON ALVAREZSergeant · August 12, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE SANTOSSergeant · April 30, 1968
- TOM DENNIS SUGIURACorporal · September 2, 1968
- XAVIER AMADO ARVIZUSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- GEORGE PAUL MARTINPrivate First Class · November 28, 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.