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SALVADOR LEAL JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 28, 1950 – July 25, 1970
Service recordSalvador Leal JR, of Barstow, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ah-1 Attack Helicopter Repairer (67Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Barstow, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 52
- DONALD ROBERT SIMONSergeant · July 25, 1970
- JACK EDWIN TAYLORSpecialist Four · July 25, 1970
- PETER MICHAEL VANDERWEGSergeant · July 25, 1970
- RICHARD HENRY VOKESSpecialist Four · July 25, 1970
From Barstow
- CLARENCE GRIEGOPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- ROBERT KAY WAGNERPetty Officer First Class · August 15, 1968
- DANIEL EUGENE NELSON JRPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- CHARLES RUIZ LEMUS JRPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- EUGENE F CHRISTIANSENSergeant First Class · February 6, 1969
- MARTIN JOSEPH CANAVAN JRStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
- PHILLIP DUANE BURFOOTSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
- JACKIE LEE SMITHCorporal · July 15, 1969
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.