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JUAN SANTOS BORJA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 13, 1940 – April 28, 1971
Service recordJuan Santos Borja, of Agana, Guam, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 15
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 13, 1940
- Home of record
- Agana, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 15
- HOWARD DAVID PAYNE IIIFirst Lieutenant · April 27, 1971
- LARRY LEE ROGERSSpecialist Four · April 27, 1971
- WILLIAM DENNIS STONERPrivate First Class · April 27, 1971
- JAMES EDWARD WESTONPrivate · April 27, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE RAY PEELSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 16
From Agana
- HENRY PANGELINAN PEREDASergeant · April 24, 1966
- PRISHARDO JOSE T TORRESSpecialist Four · June 22, 1966
- PEDRO AFLAGUE CRUZStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1967
- ALLAN JAMES DAMIANLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- TOMAS GARCIA REYESStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- ROBERT L G MENDIOLASpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- HERMAN BORJA DELEONPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- FREDERICO V DELA-CRUZCorporal · August 20, 1969
- RAFAEL SALAS SANTOSStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1970
- JUANITO MAIQUEZ ESCANOSergeant · May 21, 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.