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SALVATORE CAMMARATA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 2, 1947 – February 4, 1967
Service recordSalvatore Cammarata, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1967; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 116
- ALLAN PHILIP COLLAMORE JRLieutenant Commander · February 4, 1967
- HERB DOBYLieutenant Colonel · February 4, 1967
- ROBERT FULTON HELVESTONPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- RONALD CLAYTON KISSINGERLance Corporal · February 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FULTON HELVESTONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 116
- JOSEPH RAYMOND MARTINEZSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 118
- JOHN STORELLIPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 120
- RICHARD ALAN WOODSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 121
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 1966
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.