AIR COMMANDO 2 Salinas, Mercedes Perez

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Salinas​

• FORENAME

Mercedes Perez​

• UNIT

309 Air Commando Squadron (315 A.C. Group)​

• RANK

Staff Sergeant​

• NUMBER

18139873​

• DATE OF DEATH

11th December 1965​

• AGE

37​

• GRAVESITE

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 46​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Mission,Texas​

born 24.9.1928 Mission,Hidalgo County,Texas​

married​

entered service 1960​

award Air Medal​

aircrew​

C-123B Provider (56-4376)​

KIA 20 miles west of Tuy Hoa,Phu Yen Province,South Vietnam​

body not recovered​

remains repatriated 16.6.1974​

remains identified 27.2.1979​

group burial at Arlington National Cemetery​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 04E Line 13​