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RENE JAVIER SALAZAR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 1, 1949 – December 19, 1968
Service recordRene Javier Salazar, of Del Rio, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 46
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
- December 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Del Rio, Texas (Val Verde County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1968; seven 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 36W, Line 46
- WILLIAM JOHN PAHR JRSergeant · December 19, 1968
- NORMAN PAYNEMaster Sergeant · December 19, 1968
- DONALD ALLEN PLEDGERSpecialist Four · December 19, 1968
- WADE THOMAS SHAWPrivate · December 19, 1968
From Del Rio
- JESUS MARIO LIMONESPrivate · May 8, 1967
- PATRICK SHELDON COCHRANCorporal · August 21, 1967
- THOMAS DEWEY MOORE JRMajor · November 30, 1967
- NOLBERTO FRAUSTO JRPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- RONNIE JOE HOFFMANSpecialist Five · February 12, 1968
- THOMAS RICHARD CORES IISergeant · June 7, 1968
- CALIXTRO S RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · March 6, 1969
- ANDRES LOPEZ RAMONSpecialist Four · February 4, 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.