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ROBERT JOHN SANTORO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 19, 1946 – August 14, 1968
Service recordRobert John Santoro served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 15
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 19, 1946
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- 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 August 14, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 15
- BOBBY LEE RILEYPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- RICHARD MARTIN SAMORAYCorporal · August 14, 1968
- FRANCIS ANTHONY SCHWARZPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM SINIBALDICorporal · August 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT IRWIN BROWNCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 10
- RODRIGUEZ PEDRO J CAMACHOSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 11
- GARY LEE MALOYSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 11
- ROY L EDELSTEINPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 12
- LEO LARRY HADLEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 48W, Line 12
- SCOTT D HENRYCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 12
- ROBERT GEAN COOPERPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 13
- STEVE DONALD LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 13
- JOHN BRUCE MULARZSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 14
- DANIEL LEO NEUBURGERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 48W, Line 14
- BOBBY LEE RILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 15
- FRANCIS ANTHONY SCHWARZPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 15
- HENRYK TADUESZ SULATYCKISergeant First Class · Panel 48W, Line 16
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.