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VALERIANO DAVID CONTRERAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 14, 1948 – June 15, 1969
Service recordValeriano David Contreras, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 51
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- October 14, 1948
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 51
- REX DEWEY MORELOCK JRPrivate First Class · June 14, 1969
- JEFF HAROLD UPPSpecialist Four · June 14, 1969
- DONALD LAVOYCE BRIGHTMANSpecialist Five · June 15, 1969
- EDWARD CHARLES FANNINGPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LAVOYCE BRIGHTMANSpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 51
- FRANCIS BERNARD MADDEN JRSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 54
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.