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JOSE LUIS SANTOS-LOPEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 5, 1948 – March 11, 1970
Service recordJose Luis Santos-Lopez, of Ceiba, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D TRP 7 SQD 1 CAV 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Ceiba, Puerto Rico (Ceiba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1970; four of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 114
- LESTER PAUL SABAPrivate First Class · March 11, 1970
- RANDOLPH SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 11, 1970
- TERRY MICHAEL STEINERSergeant · March 11, 1970
- MICHAEL NELSON SULLIVANCorporal · March 11, 1970
- LARRY GAIL WILLIAMSONLance Corporal · March 11, 1970
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.