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VALENTINO TAUAESE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 13, 1934 – June 15, 1967
Service recordValentino Tauaese, of El Monte, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 109
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 13, 1934
- Home of record
- El Monte, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 109
- LOUIS JAMES PURDYPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- JOHN CLARENCE SHAMELLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- JOHN WILLARD SWANSON JRLieutenant Colonel · June 15, 1967
- FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT THORPELance Corporal · June 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL BOWMAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 103
- JOE ROBERT DEBAULTStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 104
- JUAN JOSE GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 105
- LAWRENCE ADAMS HURDSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 106
- MICHAEL RAYMOND OJILEPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 107
- FLOYD H RUSSELL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 108
- LOUIS JAMES PURDYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 109
- HERBERT WIGFALL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 110
- FREDERICK JOSEPH WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 110
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 110
From El Monte
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 13, 1964
- BENJAMIN BELTRA CASTANEDAStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1965
- RIGOBERTO C CHACONSergeant · July 15, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DYERConstructionman · August 6, 1965
- THOMAS HARRY MAYNARDPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ARLOS CLAYTON WILDERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · May 22, 1966
- CLIFTON E BENNETTSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES STEWARTCorporal · April 1, 1967
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.