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LUIS SANTIAGO SANTIAGO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 8, 1948 – June 24, 1966
Service recordLuis Santiago Santiago, of Camden, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Camden, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 88
- MELVIN MCCRAYPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- ROBERT WOODSON REIDSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- HORACE POPE ROGERS JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ALLAN JOSEPH ALTIERIPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 83
- LLOYD HERBERT BRAYEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 84
- WILLIAM ELLIS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 84
- OCTAVIO FEBUSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 84
- ALLAN ALPHONSA GANZYPrivate · Panel 8E, Line 85
- BILLY MONROE GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 85
- AARON MILTON HOPKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 85
- KENNETH R KAAIHUEStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 86
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 86
- RICHARD F LABARBERAPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 87
- ROBERT DANEL OWEN JRSergeant First Class · Panel 8E, Line 87
- ROBERT WOODSON REIDSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 88
- HORACE POPE ROGERS JRSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 88
- GORDON RAY SKYLESSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 89
- CARROLL LAVERNE TUTHILLSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 89
- HOLLIS ALLEN WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 90
- JERRY HIOTT WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 90
From Camden
- SIDNEY COHENStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- GEORGE JOSEPH STEPHENSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM NICKERSONSpecialist Four · December 21, 1965
- WARREN WALTER PFEFFERLEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- EDWARD STEVEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- JOSEPH EVERETT PACKER JRAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- JAMES XAVIER GILCHPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- JOHN DAVID SMITHSergeant · August 11, 1966
- GEORGE WILLIAM MILLERPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- STEVEN MICHAEL GOLDSBOROCorporal · February 8, 1967
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.