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GEORGE ARTHUR SALCIDO
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 21, 1948 – July 17, 1968
Service recordGeorge Arthur Salcido, of Benson, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 46
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Benson, Arizona (Cochise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 46
- STEVEN ANDREW BUTLERPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- PEDRO CHAVARRIA GONZALESPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- WILLIAM POWELLPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- GARY PAUL ROWLETTPrivate First Class · July 17, 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.