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GERMAN ANTONIO SANTIAGO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 28, 1930 – May 24, 1968
Service recordGerman Antonio Santiago, of Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 69E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 69E · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- May 28, 1930
- Home of record
- Hato Rey, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 69E, Line 2
- HERBERT ELLIS SCHMIDTSergeant · May 24, 1968
- JAMES LEE SHANKSMajor · May 24, 1968
- RONALD JAMES SHEWMANLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- MICHAEL ARTHUR SMOGERFirst Lieutenant · May 24, 1968
From Hato Rey
- RAFAEL TORRES-RIVERASergeant · April 6, 1965
- LUIS ANTONIO RAMIREZLance Corporal · December 1, 1966
- ANGEL IRIZARRY-HERNANDEZSpecialist Six · October 13, 1967
- ANIBAL OYOLA-RABAGOCorporal · December 23, 1967
- ABELARDO RODRIGUEZ-GUZMANPrivate · August 10, 1969
- RAFAEL RIVERA BENITEZPlatoon Sergeant · February 8, 1971
- REY FRANCISCO TORRESRAMOSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1971
- DONALD BENED WHITLOCK IIISergeant · August 4, 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.