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MICHAEL EUGENE SANTOS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 25, 1945 – April 30, 1968
Service recordMichael Eugene Santos, of Monterey Park, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Monterey Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 22
- JEROME RAWLINGSSpecialist Four · April 30, 1968
- JOHNNIE GENE REIDSergeant · April 30, 1968
- DAVID ROBERT ROGERSCorporal · April 30, 1968
- ARTHUR GARRY SCHAUERMANNCorporal · April 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES LEE FRISBYStaff Sergeant · Panel 53E, Line 12
- EDDIE AUGUSTUS GARDNERCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 13
- MARCELLO C GARZA JRCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 13
- PAUL LYNN MILLERSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 18
- ROGER WAYNE MORGANCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 18
- ROLLIE MELVIN NORTHOUSECorporal · Panel 53E, Line 19
- JOHNNIE GENE REIDSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 22
- ALEXANDER TSIROSCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 24
- ALFRED MELVIN WOLFESpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 26
From Monterey Park
- GEORGE CALDERON ALVAREZSergeant · August 12, 1967
- RALPH MARIO VALENCIALance Corporal · December 10, 1967
- TOM DENNIS SUGIURACorporal · September 2, 1968
- XAVIER AMADO ARVIZUSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- GEORGE PAUL MARTINPrivate First Class · November 28, 1971
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.