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EFRAIN VAZQUEZ-SANTIAGO
Private · U.S. Army
March 19, 1948 – August 27, 1969
Service recordEfrain Vazquez-Santiago, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 126
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Bayamon, Puerto Rico (Bayamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 126
- BRIAN ANDREW HUBISFirst Lieutenant · August 27, 1969
- RICHARD WINFRED RILEYPetty Officer First Class · August 27, 1969
- JOHNNY EDWARD SHOUFFSpecialist Four · August 27, 1969
- WILLIAM J WICKWARDSergeant First Class · August 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LESLIE RAVEN BELLPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 124
From Bayamon
- RAMON KUILAN-OLIVERASSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- WENCESLEO KUILANStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GAMALIEL MARCANO-DIAZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- ALFONSO ORTIZ-LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- ENRIQUE BERMUDEZ-PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
- JESUS D RIVERA-MELENDEZStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1967
- JUAN ORTIZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- NERY JACINTO BRENESSergeant · January 23, 1968
- JUAN BAUT MORALES-MERCADOPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ISMAEL MENENDEZ-OCASIOPrivate First Class · February 26, 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.