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HENRY EDWARD SANTEE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 3, 1946 – December 24, 1970
Service recordHenry Edward Santee, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Hattiesburg, Mississippi (Forrest County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 7
- JOSEPH C SPENCE JRFirst Lieutenant · December 24, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES TECCOLance Corporal · December 24, 1970
- WILLIAM HENRY YOUNT JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 24, 1970
- THOMAS GEORGE BRUBAKERPrivate First Class · December 25, 1970
From Hattiesburg
- JAMES WILLIAM SIZEMOREWarrant Officer 1 · November 4, 1965
- CECIL DOUGLAS BRELANDPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- OLIVER WENDELL MYERSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- THOMAS DEVECMON OTT IIAirman · July 29, 1967
- PAUL MELVYN DOUGLASStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1968
- JOHNNY RAY BURTONSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- MELVIN STETTINIUS LAMARCorporal · July 19, 1968
- EDWARD ERNEST MCBRIDEMajor · November 27, 1968
- DENNIS LEE ROADSSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
- ELIJAH WALLACE BURKETTSpecialist Four · July 10, 1969
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.