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SALOME HERNANDEZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 22, 1938 – December 28, 1967
Service recordSalome Hernandez, of Anthony, New Mexico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 28, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- October 22, 1938
- Home of record
- Anthony, New Mexico (Dona Ana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 87
- JAMES BLAINE COXCorporal · December 28, 1967
- PHILIP NICK GANDOLFOSpecialist Four · December 28, 1967
- ROLLIN EUGENE GOLIGHTLYPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- THOMAS BERNARD HOLDBROOKSPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
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.