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EDUARDO CAMARENA-SALAZAR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 8, 1943 – September 17, 1965
Service recordEduardo Camarena-Salazar, of El Centro, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 8, 1943
- Home of record
- El Centro, California (Imperial County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 85
- A L PARKSSpecialist Four · September 16, 1965
- DEAN ALBERT KLENDAMajor · September 17, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
From El Centro
- MICHAEL LEROY BYAMPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- KURT CLARENCE STAABPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM DAVID RAYPrivate First Class · November 27, 1968
- RALPH EDWARD ICKE IILance Corporal · January 4, 1969
- JESSE ARMANDO MALLOBOXPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- ERICH LINWOOD TIDWELLPrivate · September 17, 1969
- DENNIS WILLIAM DOTSONFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1970
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GROSSSergeant · June 13, 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.