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MARCELINO SANTOS-VEGA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 2, 1922 – June 17, 1966
Service recordMarcelino Santos-Vega, of Ft Buchanan, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Track Vehicle Repairer (63H)
- Born
- June 2, 1922
- Home of record
- Ft Buchanan, Puerto Rico (Bayamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1966
- Age
- 44
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 58
- M J SAVOYAirman · June 17, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
- JOSE SCOTTY SIMBOLAPrivate · June 17, 1966
- CLEMENT OLIN STEVENSON JRLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.