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FIDEL GARCIA SALAZAR
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
April 24, 1936 – October 2, 1969
Service recordFidel Garcia Salazar served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 2, 1969, in North Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 31
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Steward's Mate (SD)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VAQ 133 USS CONSTELLATION CVA 64
- Born
- April 24, 1936
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1969. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 31
- RONALD LEE MUNSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1969
- KENNETH MORTON PRENTICEPetty Officer Second Class · October 2, 1969
- JOHN ARNOLD QUINNMajor · October 2, 1969
- BILLY JOE RENFROWSergeant · October 2, 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.