Can soldiers in civilian clothes salute a fallen comrade memorial?

Nobody beter tell ME I couldn't salute! It is a sign and a symbol between wariors.

So my understanding, if a Fire Fighter today in his or her uniform can hand salute the flag provided he or she is a US Veteran?

As a PFC (Proud F'ing Civilian) I'll salute and I dare any law saying I shouldn't to be enforced (after all we don't seem to enforce the laws that say you can't burn or step on it).

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Since, service members, retirees and veterans can salute the national colors as they pass, the National Anthem, the raising and lowering of the national Colors at reveille and retreat; I think it is both reasonable and honorable to salute fallen veterans memorials wherever they may be.
I concur with my friend's MAJ Ken Landgren 1LT Peter Duston Maj Maria Avellaneda and SGT David Schrader responses,

Absolutely

I have always saluted at memorials, funerals. When the National Anthem plays I stand at attention , hat off and across my heart. I have done this for 67 years since the Col.,my dad showed me how. I will never stop, I have earned the right. I have been there, I have done that. I have earned the right! You can question me but I will burn holes in your skull with my stare.

I know that salutes to the flag and national anthem are allowed by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008, but being "old school" and being discharged in 1990, I always to this day merely remove my baseball cap and hold it over my heart while standing at attention.
Along that same line the salute, though required when greeting officers, is always given as a sign of respect. I have never had an issue with someone saluting a fellow military member, whether active in uniform, out of uniform, retired or simply discharged like me. The same goes for any past or present military member saluting monuments, grave stones, or any other item that deserves military respect.

The origin of the salute was a greeting between warrior of times long past, it was a sign of respect, and thats what the Vietnam veteran you saw was rendering. A gesture a motion an acknowledgment of his brothers and sisters who didn't make it back home. To hell with DA-pam this or AR-that there is not a real warrior or soldier on this earth that would say a damn thing to you for rendering a last gesture if respect to our brothers and sisters that gave gone before us...Doc

My question is why we even worry about this? Yes you can salute! In fact you owe that hero your respect!