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GENE LEO SALZER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 13, 1948 – February 23, 1969
Service recordGene Leo Salzer, of Cold Spring, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 20
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Cold Spring, Minnesota (Stearns County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; eight of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 20
- RONALD LLOYD SANDERSSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- BOBBY SANDERSONSergeant · February 23, 1969
- WILLIAM HURLE SATTERFIELDLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JOHN STOUDT SHOEMAKERCorporal · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 91
- DAVID WILLIAM DUNFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 96
- WALTER SCOTT HAMNERMaster Sergeant · Panel 31W, Line 2
- KENNETH ROBERT JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 6
- FREDDIE RAY GUINNCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 7
- ANDREW JOHN KIEFHABERCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 7
- RICHARD STRODE MARKSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 9
- PAUL WILLIAM MOTLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 11
From Cold Spring
- DAVID FRANK WEBERPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- KENNETH CLARENCE STOMMESPetty Officer Third Class · October 27, 1967
- MELVIN JEROME DECKERLance Corporal · April 27, 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.