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EDUARDO ARANDA-SANTOS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 7, 1946 – March 31, 1968
Service recordEduardo Aranda-Santos, of Santurce, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 19
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Santurce, Puerto Rico (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 19
- ABRA JOSEPH WOLFE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1968
- LESLIE ARNOLD BALLSergeant · March 31, 1968
- FREEMAN BOLENSpecialist Four · March 31, 1968
- JAMES BARRETT BROCKPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DEAN HARRY BURNSPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 20
- JESUS AQUININGO QUIDACHAYSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 26
From Santurce
- RAFAEL ACEVEDO-RECHANIMajor · December 3, 1965
- EDUARDO GONZALEZ-DROZSergeant · March 22, 1966
- ALFREDO OSTOLAZO-MALDONADOPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- VICTOR M TOSADO-HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · August 28, 1966
- ARMANDO RAMOSSergeant First Class · October 4, 1966
- LUIS VIGO-NEGRINStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ANGEL MIGU SOTO-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1967
- NOEL ALEXANDER JOHNSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1967
- ALBERTO CARRASQUILLO-DENTONSpecialist Four · February 8, 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.