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DWAYNE LAMONT SALTER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 14, 1949 – August 22, 1968
Service recordDwayne Lamont Salter, of Evergreen, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 32
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Evergreen, Alabama (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 32
- ROBERT BRUCE SANDERSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL SCHLUEBPrivate · August 22, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD SELFCorporal · August 22, 1968
- LAWRENCE EDWARD STEVENSONPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
From Evergreen
- JAMES ROBERT HAMMONDSCorporal · May 1, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL FIELDSSergeant · May 12, 1969
- FRANK DEMON SALTERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1970
- BRUCE DALE JONESSergeant · March 9, 1972
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.