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ERNEST PABLO SANTOS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 21, 1946 – June 21, 1967
Service recordErnest Pablo Santos, of Talofofo, Guam, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 33
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Talofofo, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1967; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 33
- RUSSELL ELWARD PAGELance Corporal · June 21, 1967
- WILLIAM CLARK PETTYSergeant First Class · June 21, 1967
- LARRY MICHAEL PORTERLance Corporal · June 21, 1967
- RUSSELL RENE ROULIERCorporal · June 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CARLTON EDGAR GOULDSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 30
From Talofofo
- JOHNNY SALAS TAITAGUESpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- DAVID ATOIGUE GORTONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1971
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.