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HUMBERTO RUIZ SANTIAGO JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1949 – June 27, 1969
Service recordHumberto Ruiz Santiago JR, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 25
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 25
- DANIEL LUTHER ONEYPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
- LARRY DEAN PLATTCorporal · June 27, 1969
- CHARLES HENRY ROBINSONCorporal · June 27, 1969
- WILLIAM MICHEAL WILSONPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLAUDE CHARLES DENARDISPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 22
- ALFRED HENRY KUNKEL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 23
- PHILIP MASTRAMICOSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 24
- MICHAEL ALONZO WELLSPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 26
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.