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JAIME ARTURO SALINAS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 24, 1949 – July 23, 1969
Service recordJaime Arturo Salinas, of Edinburg, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 23, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 37
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
- September 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Edinburg, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 37
- CARL ONEAL HENLYPrivate First Class · July 23, 1969
- MYRON KEITH RENNEPrivate First Class · July 23, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLEN RUHTERSpecialist Four · July 23, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN STRONGSergeant · July 23, 1969
From Edinburg
- HOMERO ELIUD TIJERINALance Corporal · July 4, 1966
- TEODORO DAVILAStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- JOSE MANUEL GOMEZLance Corporal · May 4, 1967
- VICTORIANO ESPINOZA JRPrivate · January 9, 1968
- ALFREDO GONZALEZSergeant · February 4, 1968
- NOLAN LESTER SIMMONSLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- RAFAEL MARTINEZSpecialist Four · March 29, 1968
- FLORENTINO MARTINEZ JRCorporal · November 25, 1968
- JUAN LEONARDO CONTRERASPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- NOE TAMEZSpecialist Four · June 17, 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.