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JOSEPH MICHAEL SALVO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 9, 1947 – September 3, 1967
Service recordJoseph Michael Salvo, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 93
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 93
- RICKY PALMER MATTERNWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1967
- JIMMY GENE MAYFIELDCorporal · September 3, 1967
- HERBERT WILLIAM MOORE JRMajor · September 3, 1967
- WILLIAM CLARENCE ROUSESpecialist Four · September 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LON LOCKHARTSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 92
- WILLIAM CLARENCE ROUSESpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 93
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.