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ELOY SANTIAGO GRIEGO JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 18, 1945 – July 11, 1967
Service recordEloy Santiago Griego JR, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 51
- CHRIS STEVEN EVANSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- PHILIP ANTHONY FERROSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- CLIFFORD KENNETH FRYESpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- FRANCIS ALLEN HUGHESPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS LEONARD CLELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 49
- CHRIS STEVEN EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 51
- DAVID HENRY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 53
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.