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TONY VALDEZ NASTOR
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 10, 1947 – June 5, 1968
Service recordTony Valdez Nastor, of San Jose, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 20
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 10, 1947
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 60W, Line 20
- TRUMAN JOSEPH MCMANUSLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- THOMAS J MORRISSEY JRCorporal · June 5, 1968
- TERRY LEE MULKEYPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- DENNIS RICHARD VOLKSpecialist Five · June 5, 1968
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.