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RICHARD PAUL VALADEZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 29, 1946 – June 6, 1969
Service recordRichard Paul Valadez, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 93
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; 25 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 93
- FRED THOMAS TEALPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- PHILLIP FINNAN THERIOTCorporal · June 6, 1969
- FRANCIS LLOYD THOMPSONSpecialist Five · June 6, 1969
- JAMES LOUIS TODTENBIERSergeant · June 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PAUL BECKERSSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 82
- WILLIAM HENRY CLEVENGERSergeant Major · Panel 23W, Line 84
- JOHN PHILIP CRAIGCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 84
- WILLIAM MICHAEL CRUSIE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 84
- RICHARD EDWARD CYRANSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 84
- ROBERT CHARLES ESSMANNCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 85
- ROBERT MICHAEL FULLMERPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 85
- LARRY GENE GOSCHSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 86
- JOHN DEOGRACIAS INGUILLOStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 87
- TERRY LEE JENKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 87
- DUANE HENRY LANDWEHR JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 88
- DON HARRISON LASCELLESStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 89
- CARL DONALD LYNCHCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 89
- DENNIS JAMES MANSONCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 89
- LEO RENE MARCOULIERCaptain · Panel 23W, Line 90
- BRUCE CALVIN MAYNARDSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 90
- JOHN DAVID RHODES IIICorporal · Panel 23W, Line 91
- RONNIE DEAN SHAWCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 92
- PHILLIP FINNAN THERIOTCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 93
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.