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ROY SALAZAR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 28, 1946 – October 2, 1966
Service recordRoy Salazar, of Rolling Meadows, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Rolling Meadows, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1966
- Age
- 20
- 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 October 2, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 37
- DUNCAN ALEXANDER MACFETTERSSecond Lieutenant · October 2, 1966
- WALTER ALECK MURZINLance Corporal · October 2, 1966
- FLORENTINO R ROQUESpecialist Four · October 2, 1966
- FRANCIS PATRICK ROYALPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY RAY BRYANTPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 35
- PEPITO CAGUIMBALPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 35
- DOUGLAS ROY LUECKPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 36
- RONALD HENRY MISSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 36
- FRANCIS PATRICK ROYALPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 37
From Rolling Meadows
- LARRY ROY SIMSStaff Sergeant · September 12, 1968
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.