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PAUL LOUIS SALERNO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 24, 1949 – July 17, 1970
Service recordPaul Louis Salerno, of Weirton, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 25
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Weirton, West Virginia (Brooke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 25
- DONALD GEROLD MARCHPrivate First Class · July 17, 1970
- LLOYD ARTHUR MCGREWMajor · July 17, 1970
- CLIFFORD E PARSONS JRPrivate First Class · July 17, 1970
- JAMES DREW SCHMIDTSergeant · July 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLIFFORD E PARSONS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 25
- STEPHEN WESTLEY BARNESPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 26
From Weirton
- THOMAS JOSEPH BROOKSLance Corporal · November 10, 1966
- JOHN DAVID OLENICKSergeant · May 23, 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.