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AMBROSIO SALAZAR GRANDEA
Major · U.S. Army
August 22, 1932 – June 13, 1967
Service recordAmbrosio Salazar Grandea, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 97
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Chaplain (5310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 22, 1932
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 97
- JAMES LEE CUMISKEYFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
- SIDNEY EDWARD DENTONSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
- DON LEE GRISBYCorporal · June 13, 1967
- GEORGE BURNS HAYSCaptain · June 13, 1967
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.