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GILBERT SOLANO SALAZAR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 23, 1946 – September 4, 1967
Service recordGilbert Solano Salazar, of Pico Rivera, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 109
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Pico Rivera, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 109
- TERRENCE LEE PRIESTLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JACKIE KENNETH REEDLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- EDWARD CHARLES ROZANSKILance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- ALBERT WILLARD SANTOSLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
From Pico Rivera
- EDWARD LEONARD LOWEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1965
- RICHARD EDWARD WHITINGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- JIMMY VASQUEZPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JOHN RAYMOND STALTERSergeant · March 3, 1967
- FRANK BARRERAS IIICorporal · March 20, 1967
- RUBEN MAXIMO ARMENTAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT BODALance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- MICHAEL OWEN SHELLEYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- RONALD L ANDREWSSergeant · October 8, 1967
- GEORGE ALBERT JUAREZPrivate First Class · March 20, 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.