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NORMAN SHELDON SALIMAN
Captain · U.S. Army
October 27, 1935 – March 12, 1969
Service recordNorman Sheldon Saliman, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 20
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 27, 1935
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 20
- EDWARD JOHN HAUGENCorporal · March 12, 1969
- ALAN ROGER HOSNEDLEStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1969
- PAUL HOWARD JACKSON JRCorporal · March 12, 1969
- FRANKLIN A JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN A JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 20
- KYLE WALDROPStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 26
- WILLIAM TIMOTHY WHEELERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 26
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.