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THOMAS JOHN SALTMARSH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 19, 1949 – March 14, 1968
Service recordThomas John Saltmarsh, of Concord, New Hampshire, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 53
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Concord, New Hampshire (Merrimack County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 53
- WILLIAM EDWARD PRICESergeant · March 14, 1968
- GEORGE WILLIAM RIORDANPetty Officer Third Class · March 14, 1968
- RAUL ROBLEDOCorporal · March 14, 1968
- SAMMIE RAY SNEED JRCorporal · March 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ADOLFO AGUILARSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 46
- DONALD EUGENE KIDDSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 47
- THOMAS GEORGE KOLINSKISecond Lieutenant · Panel 44E, Line 48
- DOM E LEESpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 48
- ROGER WILLIAM LETTOPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 48
- JOHN R MEDLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 49
- RONALD GENE MCCRAWSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 51
- WILLIAM EDWARD PRICESergeant · Panel 44E, Line 53
- RAUL ROBLEDOCorporal · Panel 44E, Line 53
- SAMMIE RAY SNEED JRCorporal · Panel 44E, Line 53
- LARRY EUGENE WELCHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 44E, Line 55
From Concord
- ERNEST GEORGE PAULPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- EVERETT PORTER RUNNELLSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- WALTER ALECK MURZINLance Corporal · October 2, 1966
- RONALD D ROACHSergeant · February 12, 1968
- GEORGE PHILIP DESMARAISPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- WAYNE THOMAS PROVENCHERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- WILLIAM R DOUILLETTE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
- DOUGLAS EARL STOVERWarrant Officer 1 · March 26, 1969
- GARY CHESTER TOWLECorporal · May 24, 1969
- RONALD LEON OLSONSpecialist Four · November 24, 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.