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DONALD VINCENT SALLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 8, 1950 – February 22, 1969
Service recordDonald Vincent Saller, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 83
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1969; five of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 83
- VICTOR GARNETT MCCALLPetty Officer Second Class · February 22, 1969
- ALFRED ALEXANDER PURVISPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- BRUCE ELTON ROBINSONCorporal · February 22, 1969
- RANDAL LEE ROGERSSergeant · February 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALAN RAY GRAHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 78
- CARL NOEL KOZMAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 79
- FREDERICK W KULICKE IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 80
- RANDAL LEE ROGERSSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 83
- RONALD CLIFTON WEEMSSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 85
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.