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DANIEL MATTEI-SANTIAGO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 18, 1947 – October 19, 1968
Service recordDaniel Mattei-Santiago, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Laundry And Bath Specialist (57E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 18, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 4
- PAUL EDWARD MCGINNESSCorporal · October 19, 1968
- SAMUEL MENASergeant · October 19, 1968
- MICHAEL DOMINIC PAONESSAPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
- JAMES JOHN RAIOLOPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.