Manuel Salcido
1985
Manuel Salcido Jr.. Manuel also served in the U.S. Coast Guard. Manuel served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War.
How He Died
Manner
Accident
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
What Happened
Border Patrol Agent Manuel Salcido was killed in an automobile crash while driving a seized vehicle to the Del Rio Sector headquarters in Texas. The vehicle went out of control on the ice-covered Sycamore Bridge along U.S. 277 and collided with an oncoming vehicle. Agent Salcido was a U.S. Coast Guard veteran of the Vietnam War. He had served with the United States Border Patrol for one year.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and is buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso, TX.
Service Record
1968 – 1969
U.S. Coast Guard
1973 – 1977
Conflicts
Vietnam War
Cold War
Also Served
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol
Border Patrol Agent
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