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LUIS ADRIAN SANTELLANO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 21, 1948 – April 30, 1970
Service recordLuis Adrian Santellano, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 75
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1970; seven of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 75
- DONALD RALPH LEDLIECorporal · April 30, 1970
- DONALD RAY MARLOWSpecialist Five · April 30, 1970
- ROBERT EUGENE MASSETHSpecialist Five · April 30, 1970
- WILLIAM ALFRED MEISTERSergeant · April 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY KURT KAISERStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 74
- DONALD RALPH LEDLIECorporal · Panel 11W, Line 75
- CHARLES LEE SMALLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 77
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.