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Marine'sIsBeingHome ToBodySentDouglasThe body of Mamie Pfc. An tonio M. Salinas, 21. of 426 Second St., who was killed in combat Monday in Vietnam, will arrive in Tucson by air Sunday morning.Pfc. Salinas sustained a gunshot wound to the head from rifle fire while on patrol in the vicinity of Ouang Nam. He enlisted in the Marines last Sept. 6, and was sent to Vietnam June 7. He was a 1966 graduate of Douglas High School.Accompanying his body onthe flight from San Francisco to Tucson will be Marine Escort Cpl Pedro Padilla.Friends mav call at Brown-Page Mortuary from 4 p.m. Sunday until rosary services atg: 15 p.rn. in the mortuary chapel.Tony, as his friends called him, will then be taken home where he will lie in state until services Tuesday. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Antonio M Salinas, of the Second St. address encourage his friends to call at their home.Mass will be sung at 10 a m. Tuesday in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church with the Rev F. D. Rosettie, pastor, officiating.Military rites will follow at graveside in Calvary Memorial Park. The U. S. Marine Corps Reserve of Tucson will provide pallbearers, an hon r guard and firing squad
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Douglas Dispatch
Douglas, Arizona, US
Sat, Jul 29, 1967
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