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JOSE SALAZAR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 18, 1946 – October 12, 1967
Service recordJose Salazar, of Lansing, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Lansing, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1967; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 95
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- JOHN KAY HARDY JRCaptain · October 12, 1967
- FRANK NOLAN HOLSOMBACKCorporal · October 12, 1967
- EDWARD CARL JARVISPrivate First Class · October 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MALCOLM PIERCE LIBBEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 96
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCCARTYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 96
From Lansing
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · June 27, 1966
- DANIEL SANDUAL CASTILLOLance Corporal · January 22, 1967
- ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- BRIAN LYNN COLBYLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 12, 1967
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.