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VALMORE WILLIAM BOURQUE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 23, 1936 – October 24, 1964
Service recordValmore William Bourque, of South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 24, 1964, in Cambodia, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 23, 1936
- Home of record
- South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts (Hampshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1964
- Age
- 28
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1964. In October 1964, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 67
- JAMES ALPHONSE RIALChief Petty Officer · October 22, 1964
- ROLLIN CHESLEY SARGENT JRMaster Sergeant · October 22, 1964
- HERMAN TOWERYCaptain · October 22, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
From South Hadley Falls
- ROBERT JOSEPH SOWINSKICorporal · April 10, 1968
- MARC JOHN KUZMAPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- JEFFREY WILLIAM RAINAUDFirst Lieutenant · October 11, 1968
- PAUL DENNIS FLEMINGSergeant · January 7, 1969
- HAROLD JOSEPH SHEALieutenant Colonel · May 31, 1970
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.