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ROBERT EARL SALMELA
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 17, 1946 – May 13, 1968
Service recordRobert Earl Salmela, of Eau Gallie, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 2
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Eau Gallie, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 2
- WAYNE RICHARDSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- KEVIN HENRY ROSSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- CHARLES H SANDBERGSergeant First Class · May 13, 1968
- NELSON SANTIAGO-APONTESpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
From Eau Gallie
- PATRICK EDWARD WYNNEMajor · August 8, 1966
- JOSEPH MORGAN JRSpecialist Four · December 18, 1967
- JOHN GARY NIEDERMEYERPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- FREDERICK F WALTERSCorporal · May 13, 1968
- WILLIAM STEPHEN CLARKCorporal · July 28, 1968
- PAUL FRANKLIN CLARKSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- STEVEN TRAVIS CUMMINSSergeant · July 12, 1969
- REGINALD MARK SATERPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- JAMES EARL PETTIJOHNPrivate First Class · October 19, 1969
- DON ROBERT RILEYSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
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.