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JOHN F SANTOS JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
August 2, 1933 – April 28, 1964
Service recordJohn F Santos JR, of San Francisco, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 28, 1964, in Thailand, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 2, 1933
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1964
- Age
- 30
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1964. In April 1964, 12 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 50
- LOUIS GEORGE ONOHANAirman Second Class · April 24, 1964
- RONALD DICKERSON HINESFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1964
- CARMINE ANTHONY CERVELLINOSpecialist Four · May 5, 1964
- GEORGE E CHAMBERLIN JRLieutenant Colonel · May 5, 1964
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
- ODIN EDGAR SORENSENChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 8, 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.