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DANIEL STEPHEN SALAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 30, 1951 – October 21, 1971
Service recordDaniel Stephen Salas, of Antonito, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 46
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 30, 1951
- Home of record
- Antonito, Colorado (Conejos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1971; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 46
- JAMES MELVIN HINKLESpecialist Four · October 21, 1971
- WILLIAM JOHN MAKOWSKIPrivate First Class · October 21, 1971
- LARRY JAMES PORTERSpecialist Four · October 21, 1971
- ROY DWIGHT BARNESWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1971
From Antonito
- DUDLEY DAVISFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 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.