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ANGELO CARMELO SANTIAGO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 14, 1945 – June 6, 1968
Service recordAngelo Carmelo Santiago, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 13
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 13
- GARY KENNETH ROBERTSLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH RUDOLPHFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1968
- JOSE RAMON SANCHEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- DONALD STEPHEN SATTERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT ISHMAN JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 59W, Line 6
- ZACK WILLIAM NAPIERSpecialist Five · Panel 59W, Line 10
- DENNIS W MOURGELASSpecialist Four · Panel 59W, Line 11
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.