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PATRICK SALAZAR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 18, 1948 – December 2, 1968
Service recordPatrick Salazar, of Grants, New Mexico, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Grants, New Mexico (Cibola County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 24
- JAMES ROBERT REESEFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1968
- JOSEPH LESTER RINEHARTCorporal · December 2, 1968
- JAMES DELANO ROBINSONPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
- THOMAS W ROWLANDPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
From Grants
- JOSE ALBINO MONTOYASergeant · June 14, 1967
- DAVID WESLEY CRAWFORDSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
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.