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RAFAEL SANTIAGO-CRUZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 10, 1943 – November 12, 1965
Service recordRafael Santiago-Cruz, of Paterson, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 46
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Paterson, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 46
- JACKIE MCMILLONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- MARINER PATRICKPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- WAYNE DOUGLAS PROBERTSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 42
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 42
- RAFAEL C CARMONA-MEDINAPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 42
- FRANKLIN L CONNPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 42
- WILLIAM HENRY EADENSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 42
- BENJAMIN CASTILLO-LIMAPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 43
- JOSEPH RENE DUPEREStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 43
- EDWARD PAUL FERENCESergeant · Panel 3E, Line 43
- ROGER LEE FLOYDPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 43
- THOMAS JOSEPH FOXPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 44
- JOSEPH CHARLES GIORDANOSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 44
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 44
- CHARLES JULIUS JANKESpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 44
- JACKIE MCMILLONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 46
- MARINER PATRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 46
- WAYNE DOUGLAS PROBERTSPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 46
- RAYMOND SANTILLISpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 47
- EARNEST G SEARSSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 47
- EUGENE TURNERSpecialist Five · Panel 3E, Line 47
- JAMES BELL WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 47
From Paterson
- JESSE JAMES JRLance Corporal · June 23, 1965
- LLOYD VINCENT GREENESergeant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM HOBSON HUBBARDSergeant First Class · March 16, 1966
- PETER FRANCIS MEADPetty Officer Third Class · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HENRY LADUKELance Corporal · April 20, 1967
- WLADMIR WILLIAM ZUBARSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- VINCENT JAMES GABRIEL JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- DONALD IANDOLISergeant · November 19, 1967
- ARTHUR JORDANPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- EDWARD KUBISKYSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
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.