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JOSE CONTRERAS SALINAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 1, 1949 – October 10, 1969
Service recordJose Contreras Salinas, of Crystal City, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 64
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Crystal City, Texas (Zavala County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1969; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 64
- LARRY GENE PREWITTSpecialist Four · October 10, 1969
- JAMES LAWRENCE RHODESFirst Lieutenant · October 10, 1969
- HARRY CLIFTON SHEPARD JRTechnical Sergeant · October 10, 1969
- MANLEY EUGENE SILER JRLance Corporal · October 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RAYMOND ADAMSCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 60
- THOMAS FRANCIS BROWN JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 17W, Line 60
- WILLIAM ROLLAND GODFREYSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 61
- ROBERT LANI LAZARUSCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 63
- TED PIERCESpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 63
- LARRY GENE PREWITTSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 64
From Crystal City
- MELECIO ORTIZCorporal · May 13, 1967
- BENITO ANDRADE PONCESpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
- ARMANDO CERVERA LUNACorporal · May 4, 1970
- DAVID MONTOYAPrivate First Class · August 27, 1970
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.