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JAMES WILLIAM SALTER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 17, 1948 – January 11, 1970
Service recordJames William Salter, of Westbury, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 25
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Westbury, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 25
- VERLYN CARL BRUNSCorporal · January 11, 1970
- RICHARD DAVID CHORLINSCaptain · January 11, 1970
- JERRY MAX CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · January 11, 1970
- MICHAEL EDWARD DARNELLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD WAYNE JONESSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 27
From Westbury
- WESTON DAVID MACLEANLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH FORANFirst Lieutenant · February 6, 1967
- KENNETH ROBERT TRIERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- CLIFFORD RAYMOND BENNETTLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- HENRY LEWIS NIXPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- THOMAS PETER JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- EDWARD MARC GARCIASergeant · September 1, 1971
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.