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JOSEPH SANTORI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 22, 1947 – April 23, 1968
Service recordJoseph Santori, of Keyport, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Keyport, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 42
- JAMES EDWARD RAINBOLTSpecialist Four · April 23, 1968
- ARTHUR WILFRED ROMEROLance Corporal · April 23, 1968
- HARRY LEE SOWELL JRCorporal · April 23, 1968
- DAVID PAUL SPEATHCorporal · April 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS SAMUEL ALFREDPrivate · Panel 51E, Line 35
- STANLEY ALLEN BULLISSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 36
- JAMES BRANNAH CROCKETTChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 51E, Line 37
- DON FAUROT DIANMaster Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 38
- GARY LODUHASpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 40
- HENRY THOMAS CURTIS IIPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 41
- ASHTON HAYWARD PRINDLEPrivate · Panel 51E, Line 41
- JACKIE DALE WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 43
From Keyport
- ROBERT IRVIN JOHNSONSergeant · November 1, 1966
- CHARLES FRANCIS MORSE JRPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- DENNIS JOSEPH GATTISpecialist Four · May 28, 1970
- JAMES LUTTGENSSergeant · July 9, 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.