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ALFREDO SALAZAR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 28, 1950 – December 31, 1970
Service recordAlfredo Salazar, of Victoria, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Victoria, Texas (Victoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1970; four of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 18
- JOHN JOSEPH ORSINI JRSpecialist Four · December 31, 1970
- THURSTON CRAIG ROBERTSPrivate First Class · December 31, 1970
- WAYNE STERLING RUSHTONConstructionman · December 31, 1970
- HENRY JAMES SIMSSergeant · December 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROY LEE CHANEYPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 16
- RICHARD EUGENE DODDSergeant First Class · Panel 5W, Line 16
- DENNIS WADE WEBSTERSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 19
From Victoria
- LOUIS BELL TWINN SRSergeant First Class · December 31, 1965
- FRANCISCO LUNAStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1966
- ROBERT D BUTLERPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- LOUIS WAYNE TERRELLPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- RICHARD PETER RUIZSergeant · October 2, 1967
- EDWARD EARL HARSON JRFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1967
- JOHNNY VILLARREALSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- JAMES LEE SCHERERPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- BILLY CARROLL BOLTONCorporal · January 30, 1968
- CLARENCE F MAAS IIISergeant · February 18, 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.