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VALENTINE BERRONES SUAREZ
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 14, 1936 – October 18, 1969
Service recordValentine Berrones Suarez, of Houston, Texas, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 18, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 89
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- February 14, 1936
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 89
- STEPHEN LAMONT SHARPCorporal · October 18, 1969
- JOHN HENRY TAYLORCorporal · October 18, 1969
- WAYNE LAWRENCE ADKINSPetty Officer First Class · October 19, 1969
- DAVID PAUL BABEYSpecialist Four · October 19, 1969
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.