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LAVERN LEO SALZMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 24, 1946 – October 25, 1967
Service recordLavern Leo Salzman, of Montclair, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 70
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Montclair, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 28E, Line 70
- WALTER JOHN NOWAKOWSKICorporal · October 25, 1967
- CARL W OLIVERPlatoon Sergeant · October 25, 1967
- CARL SPAUL THORNE-THOMSENPrivate First Class · October 25, 1967
- CHRIS ANTHONY TOTORALance Corporal · October 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ELEC MCCOYSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 69
From Montclair
- ERNEST JOSEPH HALVORSONStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- RONALD PAUL PETRICKCorporal · August 20, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE KINGLance Corporal · July 10, 1966
- JAMES RANDALL HOTTENROTHFirst Lieutenant · October 15, 1967
- FRANK DAVID PINACaptain · March 1, 1968
- JOHNNIE LLOYD DANIELSpecialist Four · May 31, 1968
- TIMOTHY PATRICK WEAVERSpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
- AMEDEE GEORGE GRANELLE JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- DONALD LEE KIPPSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- WILLIAM FREDERICK LEASECorporal · November 21, 1969
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.