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REINALD SANTIAGO-CASTILLO JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 6, 1946 – January 14, 1970
Service recordReinald Santiago-Castillo JR, of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 33
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (Mayaguez County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 33
- GILBERT ALBERT BENAIMPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
- ROGER GENE KIDWELLPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
- WILLIAM LEONARDCorporal · January 14, 1970
From Mayaguez
- RAMON BERNARDSergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAIME IRIZARRY-PEREZStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1966
- JULIO SERRANO-RIVERAPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
- JOSE ANTONIO MATOS-CORREAPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- HUMBERTO ACOSTA-ROSARIOStaff Sergeant · August 22, 1968
- BENJAMIN MALDONADO-AGUILARSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- JAIME PADILLA-JORGECorporal · June 1, 1969
- ROBERTO RAMOS-LOPEZSpecialist Four · May 7, 1966
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.