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ROBERT LONGORIA SALINAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 19, 1945 – May 15, 1967
Service recordRobert Longoria Salinas, of Pettus, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 1
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Pettus, Texas (Bee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 1
- DANIEL THOMAS KELLEYLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- WOLFGANG EDWARD KRESSEPrivate · May 15, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS MANDLERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- EDWARD K MEYERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 3
- ROLAND ROLANDO RAMOSSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 3
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.