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RICHARD FRANK SALAZAR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 10, 1938 – March 22, 1969
Service recordRichard Frank Salazar, of Kingston, Washington, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 14
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 10, 1938
- Home of record
- Kingston, Washington (Kitsap County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 28W, Line 14
- LEONARDO RIOS-VELAZQUEZ JRSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- LAWRENCE LEON SMITHSergeant · March 22, 1969
- FRANK SPIERSCaptain · March 22, 1969
- TERRY LAVERN STAMANSpecialist Four · March 22, 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.