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RAFAEL SANCHEZ-SALIVA
Major · U.S. Army
April 8, 1925 – May 17, 1968
Service recordRafael Sanchez-Saliva, of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 9
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 8, 1925
- Home of record
- Aguadilla, Puerto Rico (Aguadilla County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 9
- CHARLES ERNEST MCMULLINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- MARIO FOWLER MUSE JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- JEROME PARRIS JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- CHARLES HAROLD PERKINSGunnery Sergeant · May 17, 1968
From Aguadilla
- LUIS A LICIAGA-CONCEPCIONSergeant · December 28, 1965
- FELIPE BONILLA-VIERASergeant First Class · February 24, 1966
- WILFREDO PUMAREJO-COLONSpecialist Four · August 23, 1967
- CARLOS AUGUSTO PEREZSergeant · December 1, 1967
- JOSE RODRIGUEZ-ACEVEDOCorporal · March 2, 1968
- DAVID GOMEZ-BADILLOCorporal · March 2, 1969
- EDWIN ROMAN-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 26, 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.