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JAMES EDWARD ANDER SANTOS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 1, 1947 – March 16, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Ander Santos, of Dededo, Guam, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 98
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Dededo, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1967; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 98
- JOE LAWRENCE SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROY NEAL SHOUPLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- TRAVIS A SIMMONS JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 16, 1967
- TED WILLIAMSLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 88
- CLARK ALAN MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 94
- MICHAEL JAMES MONAHANSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 94
- RONALD BRUCE PRICESergeant · Panel 16E, Line 97
From Dededo
- DAVID GUERRERO BENAVENTEStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1965
- JUAN DUENAS CEPEDASergeant · July 29, 1966
- JAMES LUJAN BLAZLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- DONALD SUMINGUIT CARTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY PEREZSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- EUGENE RAYMOND RIPPELSpecialist Four · July 21, 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.