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JOHN DOMINICK SALMIERI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 4, 1946 – July 2, 1967
Service recordJohn Dominick Salmieri, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 4, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 114
- JACK RAYMOND RUSHLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- STANLEY SANDERSSergeant · July 2, 1967
- FRANK W SAWYER JRCorporal · July 2, 1967
- JONATHAN ANSEL SAWYERHospitalman · July 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWIN ALLISONPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 94
- DENNIS DALE ASCHENBRENNERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 94
- EDWARD LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 97
- CHARLES ERNEST CRAINPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 99
- DAVID JOHN DERUEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 100
- LUTHER M JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 106
- WILLIAM DAVID LEWISSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 108
- JIMMY MCBROONPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 110
- FRANKLIN HAMILTON PENNPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 112
- FRANK W SAWYER JRCorporal · Panel 22E, Line 114
- MALCOLM FAIRCHILD TASSEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 116
- ROBERT VARGOCorporal · Panel 22E, Line 117
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.