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RALPH MICHAEL SANTINELLO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 22, 1948 – May 13, 1969
Service recordRalph Michael Santinello, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 110
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 22, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 110
- ROGER DALE ROSSSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE SADLERCorporal · May 13, 1969
- MIKE JOHN SCOTTMaster Sergeant · May 13, 1969
- WILLIAM F SILVER JRCorporal · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARION LORA GARDNERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 99
- ALVIN GRIMESSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 101
- LARRY PAUL JONESCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 102
- BRUCE JOSEPH MATTACorporal · Panel 25W, Line 106
- JOHN CHARLES NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 107
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.