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ROSALIO VALENCIA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 4, 1946 – May 26, 1968
Service recordRosalio Valencia, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 2
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 2
- DOUGLAS ROLLAND SUTTONSergeant · May 26, 1968
- MORRIS E THOMASCorporal · May 26, 1968
- ALVIN CHRIS VANRIESENSergeant · May 26, 1968
- FREDRICK H WILLIAMS JRFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NILON KAY BACONPrivate First Class · Panel 66W, Line 1
- STERLING HAROLD HILLStaff Sergeant · Panel 66W, Line 7
- CLYDE STEVEN HIMESSergeant · Panel 66W, Line 7
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.