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EDWARD GEORGE SALONISH
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
September 12, 1931 – October 17, 1966
Service recordEdward George Salonish, of Central City, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 17, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Machinist's Mate (AD)
- Born
- September 12, 1931
- Home of record
- Central City, Pennsylvania (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Stroke
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 84
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROUSSOSPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- DAVID LEE SKINNERLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
From Central City
- JOHN FRANKLIN DENEEN JRStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1969
- JOSEPH FRANK BURINDA JRFireman · February 27, 1969
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.