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JEREMIAH JOHN SAULNIER
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 1, 1930 – July 15, 1968
Service recordJeremiah John Saulnier, of Newport, Rhode Island, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 1, 1930
- Home of record
- Newport, Rhode Island (Newport County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 37
- CHRISTOPHER COWENSergeant · July 15, 1968
- ARMAND ALVIN SYLVESTRECaptain · July 15, 1968
- LARRY MICHAEL WELSHPrivate First Class · July 15, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES ZENICKSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
From Newport
- JOSEPH RENE DUPEREStaff Sergeant · November 12, 1965
- BLANCHARD WARD COCHRANEStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT LLOYD MOSHERCaptain · May 26, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD GREENE JRSergeant · June 22, 1967
- JOHN PAUL BRAGA JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JOSEPH TOMMY VANDEVENDERCorporal · June 2, 1968
- ALFRED N POTTERSergeant · April 10, 1970
- JOHN GLOVERAirman First Class · April 8, 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.