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RICHARD E SALDANA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 15, 1947 – March 6, 1968
Service recordRichard E Saldana, of Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 33
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Saltsburg, Pennsylvania (Indiana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 33
- ROBERT BRUCE SCHAMPIERCorporal · March 6, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL SCHUHSergeant · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL SEARSCorporal · March 6, 1968
- JOSEPH DEAN SEIBERTSergeant · March 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY LYNN ENGEBRETSONSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 17
- JERE DOUGLAS FARNOWSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 18
- JOHN ALBERT KOZACHSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 24
- ARLIE TERRYStaff Sergeant · Panel 43E, Line 37
From Saltsburg
- LESLIE PAUL HAGARASergeant · April 16, 1968
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.