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RAFAEL SALAS SANTOS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 6, 1947 – April 12, 1970
Service recordRafael Salas Santos, of Agana, Guam, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 129
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Journalist (71Q)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Agana, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 129
- JAMES CHRIS SHUKASSpecialist Four · April 12, 1970
- FRANKLIN DALLAS SUMMERSCaptain · April 12, 1970
- CHARLES ROLAND TOWNSENDPetty Officer First Class · April 12, 1970
- JAMES FRANKLIN AUSTINSergeant · April 13, 1970
From Agana
- HENRY PANGELINAN PEREDASergeant · April 24, 1966
- PRISHARDO JOSE T TORRESSpecialist Four · June 22, 1966
- PEDRO AFLAGUE CRUZStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1967
- ALLAN JAMES DAMIANLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- TOMAS GARCIA REYESStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- ROBERT L G MENDIOLASpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- HERMAN BORJA DELEONPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- FREDERICO V DELA-CRUZCorporal · August 20, 1969
- JUANITO MAIQUEZ ESCANOSergeant · May 21, 1970
- PEDRO CABRERA PANGELINANStaff Sergeant · February 23, 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.