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ROBERT WAYNE SALTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 27, 1945 – August 23, 1968
Service recordRobert Wayne Salter, of Parrish, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · 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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Parrish, Alabama (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 54
- DANIEL GEORGE SCHWANCorporal · August 23, 1968
- GILBERT ARTHUR SECORMaster Sergeant · August 23, 1968
- FRANCIS LESLIE SETTERQUISTCaptain · August 23, 1968
- HENRY FLOYD SMITHCorporal · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE CALENTINECorporal · Panel 47W, Line 39
- JOHN LEO DIEDERICHSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 40
- WILBURN CHASTAIN GIDEONCaptain · Panel 47W, Line 42
- EUGENE JOHN HILL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 44
- JOEL MITCHELL LAROCHEPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 47
- ROGER RALPH MOLLSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 49
- DANIEL GEORGE SCHWANCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 54
- STEVEN CHARLES VINTERPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 56
From Parrish
- ROGER ALLEN STONESergeant · November 17, 1965
- EDDIE JAMES MICKENSSpecialist Four · April 8, 1967
- JOHN GWIN RITCHPrivate First Class · November 10, 1968
- BOBBIE LEE WILLIAMSCorporal · January 4, 1971
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.