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PEDRO SANTOS-PINEDO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 9, 1943 – February 20, 1966
Service recordPedro Santos-Pinedo, of Ponce, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Ponce, Puerto Rico (Ponce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 57
- CHARLIE KENNETH SCATESSpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- LARRY DOUGLAS STICEPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- RAYMOND D WEIANDSergeant · February 20, 1966
- CARROLL LEON WELTYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES OTIS ALLENStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 53
- THOMAS MANUEL DILLARDSpecialist Five · Panel 5E, Line 53
- EMMITT COLON ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 54
- WILLIAM A DAVISON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 54
- RICHARD ANTHONY FILLIATORMaster Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 54
- RAYMOND SYLVESTER FORDSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 55
- JERRY BRUCE HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 55
- VICTOR JOSEPH KOHLBECKSergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 55
- JOHN EDWARD KERNSSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 56
- JEROME LOMAC MCCORMICKPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 56
- LARRY DOUGLAS STICEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 57
- RAYMOND D WEIANDSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 57
From Ponce
- ELIAS ALVAREZ-BUZOSergeant · November 15, 1965
- JUVENCIO TORRES-ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- ISRAEL VARGAS-VARGASPlatoon Sergeant · January 18, 1966
- LESLIE ISMA MORALES-LUCASSergeant · July 2, 1966
- EUGENIO ROSADO-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- EURIPIDES RUBIO JRCaptain · November 8, 1966
- MARCELI CABRERA-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- JUSTINO ENRI CASTRO-RAMOSLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- MARIO MOREU-LEONSergeant · December 6, 1967
- RAFAEL A VALPAIS-MORALESPrivate First Class · December 20, 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.