Death:Death by Accident 23 July 2005 (in Key West, FL, age 19, military training accident) chart Placidus Equal_H.
American accidental death. Salamone died at age 19 when he was killed in a training accident while training for the US Navy An all-around athlete in high school, Salamone joined the Navy after graduation. On July 23, 2005, he was killed onboard his ship, the USS Bataan in Key West, FL, when a forklift hit him as he was storing ordnance in a magazine. Salamone was 19.