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TONY VALE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 10, 1944 – November 27, 1965
Service recordTony Vale, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 27, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 116
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 116
- EDWARD JAMES MONAHAN JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- CARL AVERY GRAYFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1965
- LESTER JOSEPH KERSTENPrivate First Class · November 27, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNEELYCaptain · November 27, 1965
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.