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GEORGE SANTIAGO SANCHEZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 12, 1949 – February 1, 1969
Service recordGeorge Santiago Sanchez, of Umatac, Guam, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 34
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Umatac, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 34
- LEE FRANCIS LINCHSpecialist Four · February 1, 1969
- RONALD LE ROY OSTENSONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1969
- MELVILLE BRICE ROSE IIIFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1969
- FREDERICK SCHMITTSergeant First Class · February 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HEBER GORDONSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 31
- HENRY L GUTIERREZ JRCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 31
- REGINALD MILMEN HERBERTCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 32
- JAMES LEROY WOODWORTHCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 35
From Umatac
- JESUS AQUININGO QUIDACHAYSpecialist Four · March 31, 1968
- JOSE QUINATA AGUONPlatoon Sergeant · June 2, 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.