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JOSE ANGEL SALDIVAR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 25, 1943 – February 23, 1968
Service recordJose Angel Saldivar, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 25, 1943
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 3
- JOHN LLOYD SAUNDERSLieutenant · February 23, 1968
- WILLIE FRAZER SHIPMANPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- DENNIS LEE SIEGELPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- RAYMOND RONALD SPROULStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD GENE HICKSPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 74
- RODNEY W JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 76
- DENNIS LEE SIEGELPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 3
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
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.