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ERIC DONN SALTZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 10, 1949 – August 22, 1969
Service recordEric Donn Saltz, of Plainview, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 98
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Plainview, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 98
- THOMAS MICHAEL RALSTONCorporal · August 22, 1969
- THOMAS RALPH SAYERSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- WILLIAM ROBERT SPEIGHTStaff Sergeant · August 22, 1969
- DARRELL DUANE TAYLORPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAY MILTON BARKERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 90
- ANTHONY BURDETTE BLAIRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 92
- LAWRENCE R DETWILER JRSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 92
- EDMUND FURMANPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 92
- DANIEL HALEY LOVEPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 96
- ANTHONY V MIONEPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 96
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS MOOREFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 96
- JEFFREY CHARLES PETERSONSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 97
- DERWIN BROOKE PITTSSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 97
- DARRELL DUANE TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 98
- WILLIAM J ZELTNER IIICorporal · Panel 19W, Line 99
From Plainview
- JAMES JOSEPH BOLSONSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- JOHN JAY JANOSKA JRStaff Sergeant · January 12, 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.