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RICHARD DAVID SALDANA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 7, 1950 – March 2, 1971
Service recordRichard David Saldana, of Oxnard, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 17
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Oxnard, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1971; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 17
- DELAND DWIGHT ZUBKEStaff Sergeant · March 1, 1971
- KEITH DARRELL HEFFNERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1971
- HERBERT EUGENE MULKEY JRPrivate First Class · March 2, 1971
- RICHARD LEE STOCKETTSergeant · March 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JESSIE MICHAEL BROOKSStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 16
- HERBERT EUGENE MULKEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 17
- RICHARD LEE STOCKETTSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 17
From Oxnard
- ROSCOE HENRY FOBAIRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- STEVE WILSON PAGEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHN PERRY GILLIAMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN BREDASecond Lieutenant · March 19, 1967
- OREN KENNETH MILLERSergeant · June 25, 1967
- CHARLES ALAN BALLAUFHospitalman · July 7, 1967
- LEONARD R LUDWIGSpecialist Four · August 12, 1967
- JAMES RYOICHIRO WATANABESergeant · September 26, 1967
- HARRY CARL SARSFIELDSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- MANUEL JOE RODRIGUEZSergeant · October 24, 1967
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.