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NELSON SANTIAGO-APONTE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 25, 1948 – May 13, 1968
Service recordNelson Santiago-Aponte, of Dorado, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 2
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Dorado, Puerto Rico (Dorado County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 2
- WAYNE RICHARDSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- KEVIN HENRY ROSSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- ROBERT EARL SALMELACorporal · May 13, 1968
- CHARLES H SANDBERGSergeant First Class · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ADAME GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 22
- GEORGE DENNIS MATTHEWSCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 26
- OCTAVIO MOLINA-ROSARIOPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 27
- STANLEY JOSEPH SUKOWATEYPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 3
- MARVIN GEORGE TOZOURCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 4
From Dorado
- FLOR MARRERO-BAEZPrivate First Class · March 21, 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.