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FELIPE OBED SANTIAGO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 3, 1950 – July 3, 1969
Service recordFelipe Obed Santiago, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 3, 1950
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 56
- GERARD MICHAEL REGGIOSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER JOHN RICETTICorporal · July 3, 1969
- WILLIS ROGERS JRPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- PATRICK ANTHONY RUSSELLPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EUGENE KNIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 53
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.