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JOSE C SANTIAGO-LUGO JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 3, 1946 – October 8, 1967
Service recordJose C Santiago-Lugo JR, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 76
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 76
- RONALD PAUL RUYFFAirman Second Class · October 8, 1967
- JOHN DERWOOD SAVILLE JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- JOHN ELLSWORTH SHOWERS JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ELLSWORTH SHOWERS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 76
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.