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WILLIAM MARTIN VALENTINE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 18, 1950 – September 28, 1968
Service recordWilliam Martin Valentine, of Quinton, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Quinton, Virginia (New Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 37
- FREDERICK EUGENE ROUSESpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- CLIFTON SPILLERLance Corporal · September 28, 1968
- GERALD STANLEY STOZEKSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- CARL RICHARD USSERYSergeant · September 28, 1968
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.