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JOSE CARLOS SANTOS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
July 20, 1943 – November 13, 1968
Service recordJose Carlos Santos, of Brownsville, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 62
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 62
- JAMES COLEMAN HATHORNE JRSpecialist Four · November 13, 1968
- LASZIO RABELStaff Sergeant · November 13, 1968
- ROBERT RAYMOND RADESPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- DALE FRANKLIN ROLLINSSergeant First Class · November 13, 1968
- ELMER ODELL WRAYMaster Sergeant · November 13, 1968
From Brownsville
- GORDON ELDON GULLETTPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- ROBERTO ROCHA JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1966
- ALBERTO ANGEL AVALOSLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- DANIEL ZACHARY POST JRCorporal · July 31, 1966
- TEOFILO CARMONE RIOSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- FRANCISCO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- ANTONIO MORALES JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANTHONY PEREZPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- ABELARDO VERASergeant · March 20, 1968
- ATANACIO GOMEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
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.