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ROBERTO SALAZAR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 2, 1950 – September 23, 1969
Service recordRoberto Salazar, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · 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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1969; five of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 1
- HUGH HENRY SARAHSpecialist Four · September 23, 1969
- ALBERT JOSEPH SCRUGGSPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
- RICHARD ROY SEABRIDGESpecialist Four · September 23, 1969
- THOMAS JAMES SIMETH SRStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALLEN COOKESpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 128
- SHERBERT LEON COXSergeant First Class · Panel 18W, Line 129
- GALEN EARL HAYNIEPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 129
- JOHN EDWARD WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 2
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.