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GEORGE STANLEY SALEMA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 3, 1930 – October 16, 1967
Service recordGeorge Stanley Salema, of Kurtistown, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 17
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 3, 1930
- Home of record
- Kurtistown, Hawaii (Hawaii County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 17
- LARRY PAUL STOTLERCaptain · October 16, 1967
- DON CARTHAL THOMPSON JRLance Corporal · October 16, 1967
- WAYLAND KENT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · October 16, 1967
- THOMAS JOSEPH TORILance Corporal · October 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL FINLAY FIELDMajor · Panel 28E, Line 15
- LARRY PAUL STOTLERCaptain · Panel 28E, Line 17
- EVANS S WALKERMaster Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 18
From Kurtistown
- GILBERT OLIVARSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- MOSES IWANE KUAHIWINUI JRSpecialist Four · August 22, 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.