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ROBERT JAMES SALISBURY
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 20, 1932 – November 10, 1969
Service recordRobert James Salisbury, of Cowen, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 54
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 20, 1932
- Home of record
- Cowen, West Virginia (Webster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 54
- EARL THOMAS PEARSON JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1969
- ROBERT PETER QUERYPrivate First Class · November 10, 1969
- LESLIE FRED SHENKSpecialist Four · November 10, 1969
- DANIEL JEFFREY SMITHSpecialist Four · November 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANK JOHN LILLEYSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 53
From Cowen
- LLOYD ALLEN CHESSCorporal · November 26, 1968
- ROBERT HUGH GUMM JRSergeant · November 13, 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.