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ROBERT PAUL SANTOR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 18, 1940 – September 24, 1966
Service recordRobert Paul Santor, of Ft Huachuca, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 24, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 10
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle (Aav) Repairer/Technician (2141)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 TANK BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 18, 1940
- Home of record
- Ft Huachuca, Arizona (Cochise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 10
- VERNON LEMAR RAMEYStaff Sergeant · September 24, 1966
- WILBURN ROBERSONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DAVID JON ROSEFirst Lieutenant · September 24, 1966
- DANIEL JOSEPH RUSNELLPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
From Ft Huachuca
- ROBIN BERN CASSELLLieutenant (junior grade) · July 15, 1967
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.