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PAUL JOHN SALMINEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 23, 1943 – July 24, 1969
Service recordPaul John Salminen, of Ferndale, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 41
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Ferndale, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 41
- ARCHIE HUGH MCDANIEL JRCorporal · July 24, 1969
- CALVIN LAVON MCDURMONCorporal · July 24, 1969
- JOHN PHELEN ROECaptain · July 24, 1969
- DOUGLAS LEE STIGGINSPrivate First Class · July 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY JOHN LENTOSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 40
- ARCHIE HUGH MCDANIEL JRCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 41
From Ferndale
- CHARLES ANTHONY MARIASergeant · July 3, 1968
- EARL SPENCER SNYDERCorporal · March 12, 1969
- HAROLD BUTLER DEELMaster Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- GEORGE EUGENE SNYDERStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS NOWAKPrivate First Class · March 16, 1970
- ALBERT LEROY LANE JRSpecialist Four · July 16, 1970
- DANNY GEORGE DRINKARDCorporal · April 20, 1971
- GEORGE CHARLES YOSHONISPrivate First Class · May 16, 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.