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JAMES ALBERT SALAMONE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 30, 1947 – March 31, 1969
Service recordJames Albert Salamone, of Shorewood, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 100
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 168 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- December 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Shorewood, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 100
- EDWARD JOSEPH FRENDLINGSpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- GARY LYNN PACESergeant · March 31, 1969
- ROBERT ERNEST SHAWPrivate First Class · March 31, 1969
- KENNETH EMERY VERRETTSpecialist Four · March 31, 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.