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THOMAS ANTHONY SALVATORE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 8, 1949 – September 6, 1969
Service recordThomas Anthony Salvatore, of Waimea, Hawaii, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 50
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Waimea, Hawaii (Kauai County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 50
- GUNTHER H REHLINGStaff Sergeant · September 6, 1969
- DAVID RIVERAPrivate · September 6, 1969
- THOMAS CLYDE RUSH JRLance Corporal · September 6, 1969
- WAYNE JACKSON SANDERSStaff Sergeant · September 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JEFFERSON TRUSTYPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 51
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.