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MERCEDES PEREZ SALINAS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 24, 1928 – December 11, 1965
Service recordMercedes Perez Salinas, of Mission, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 11, 1965, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 13
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 24, 1928
- Home of record
- Mission, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1965
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1965; four of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 13
- CEPHAS BARNES JRLance Corporal · December 11, 1965
- GEORGE PARKER MCKNIGHTCaptain · December 11, 1965
- ROBERT CARL BRIXPrivate First Class · December 12, 1965
- ROBERT MAXWELL BROWN JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1965
From Mission
- CARLOS SAAVEDRA GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1966
- NOE MAGALLANSergeant · September 23, 1966
- RAMON GARZAAirman · July 29, 1967
- WALTER MERL LANKFORD JRCorporal · August 28, 1967
- JESUS MARTINEZPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- ANTONIO LOPEZ JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- TRAVIS RICHARD CROCKETTCaptain · December 23, 1968
- JORGE VARGASPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
- FRANCISCO QUINTANILLA JRCorporal · February 27, 1971
- BOBBY GLENN HARRISStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1971
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.