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ELIAS SALAZAR JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 25, 1947 – August 21, 1968
Service recordElias Salazar JR, of Harlingen, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- April 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Harlingen, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 22
- ERVIN BRADLEY ROBERTSSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
- JESUS ROBLEDO JRLance Corporal · August 21, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD RUSH JRPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
- JOHN ERNEST RUSSELLFirst Lieutenant · August 21, 1968
From Harlingen
- GEORGE GUTIERREZ JRSecond Lieutenant · September 1, 1965
- JOSE LUIS CABALLEROLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JULIAN GARZA CORDEROCorporal · April 27, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE HELEMSStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- WILBERTO CABRERA SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1966
- FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ MORENOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- RODOLFO MARCIANO GONZALEZCorporal · November 14, 1966
- JOSE MARIA FLORESPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- MANUEL JESUS MOREIDAStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER A GROSSE JRStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1968
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.