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RAFAEL MARTINEZ-SANTIAGO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 4, 1947 – April 5, 1968
Service recordRafael Martinez-Santiago, of Ponce, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Ponce, Puerto Rico (Ponce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 18
- PETER YAZZIE CLAWPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- ERNEST ALPHONSO LANGStaff Sergeant · April 5, 1968
- DOUGLAS DUANE MCMAHONPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- CHARLES HERBERT NEEL JRSecond Lieutenant · April 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT R THOMPSONSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 21
From Ponce
- ELIAS ALVAREZ-BUZOSergeant · November 15, 1965
- JUVENCIO TORRES-ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- ISRAEL VARGAS-VARGASPlatoon Sergeant · January 18, 1966
- PEDRO SANTOS-PINEDOPrivate First Class · February 20, 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
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.