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ANSELMO SANTIAGO-ARROYO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 24, 1950 – July 21, 1969
Service recordAnselmo Santiago-Arroyo, of Penuelas, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 32
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Penuelas, Puerto Rico (Penuelas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 32
- JAMES NATHANIEL GAYSpecialist Four · July 21, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL SROKA JRCorporal · July 21, 1969
- ROBERT DALE STAGGSWarrant Officer 1 · July 21, 1969
- DUNCAN ALBERT WARWICKCorporal · July 21, 1969
From Penuelas
- HERMAN ESTRADA-COSTASSpecialist Four · December 4, 1965
- ROD VELAZQUEZ-FELICIANO JRStaff Sergeant · March 3, 1968
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.