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ERNESTO VICTOR SALAZAR
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 28, 1946 – September 10, 1970
Service recordErnesto Victor Salazar, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 54
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1970; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 54
- CALVIN RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1970
- RICHARD CARL ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · September 11, 1970
- ALAN SCOTT BOORSeaman · September 11, 1970
- ERNEST R BROWNLOW IIISpecialist Four · September 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE ARNOLD BAINCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 51
- JOSEPH EARL JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 53
- CHARLES MICHAEL REEDSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 53
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.