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CHRISTOPHER RUBEN SALEH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 6, 1941 – October 6, 1967
Service recordChristopher Ruben Saleh, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 61
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 6, 1941
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1967; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 61
- GERALD PHILLIP PARKELSergeant · October 6, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE POREAWarrant Officer 1 · October 6, 1967
- TJEERD SCHOELIERSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD SIMONPrivate First Class · October 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBERTINICorporal · Panel 27E, Line 56
- JOHNNY RAY CRAWFORDStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 57
- ROBERT LEE DUNCANCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 58
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.