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JOE MANUEL SALINAS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 8, 1945 – July 20, 1965
Service recordJoe Manuel Salinas, of Norwalk, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 20, 1965, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 41
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Norwalk, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1965; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 41
- STANLEY P KIERZEKSpecialist Five · July 20, 1965
- CLAYTON JOHN MANSFIELD JRCaptain · July 20, 1965
- ERIE A MARTIN JRFirst Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOHNNY RAY TRIPLETTSpecialist Four · July 20, 1965
From Norwalk
- JUAN JOSE CASTROSergeant · March 23, 1966
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- FELIX F F LEYVA-PARRA-FRIASPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD VAGNONEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- JERRY PAIZSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
- MITCHELL FRANK SILVERSPrivate First Class · January 25, 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.