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SALVATORE ANTHONY GELUSO
Master Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 7, 1912 – July 8, 1969
Service recordSalvatore Anthony Geluso, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 8, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 56. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 82
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (3381)
- Born
- November 7, 1912
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1969
- Age
- 56
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 82
- JAMES NORRIE CROCKER JRCaptain · July 8, 1969
- STANLEY STEWART FENNERPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
- ROBERT VICTOR GAPINSKISpecialist Four · July 8, 1969
- WILLIAM ROGER GARNERSergeant · July 8, 1969
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 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.