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PATRICK ANGELO SANTO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 14, 1948 – August 28, 1969
Service recordPatrick Angelo Santo, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 4
- EDWARD COX HAMMERBECKSecond Lieutenant · August 28, 1969
- GERALD HILBERT SAMPSONCaptain · August 28, 1969
- DAVID THOMAS SCHAFFERLance Corporal · August 28, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD SEMANSPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.