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RAYMOND SANTILLI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 3, 1942 – November 12, 1965
Service recordRaymond Santilli, of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 47
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Aliquippa, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
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 47
- EARNEST G SEARSSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EUGENE TURNERSpecialist Five · November 12, 1965
- JAMES BELL WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · 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
- RAFAEL SANTIAGO-CRUZPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 46
- 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 Aliquippa
- DOYLE WILMER LYNNCommander · May 27, 1965
- JOHN WILLIE WHITEPrivate First Class · June 9, 1965
- RONALD EDWARD MCCLELLANDSergeant · October 28, 1966
- JULIUS EDGAR JENKINSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- JOSEPH ANDREW TOMKOCaptain · June 1, 1967
- NICK PANELLA JRPrivate First Class · July 3, 1967
- DAVID LAWRENCE COWARTLance Corporal · September 25, 1967
- ADOLPHUS ELLISPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- LAWRENCE RYLAND KOMANSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1968
- ALFRED BENNETT CAFRELLISpecialist Four · April 21, 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.