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RONALD PETER SANTORO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 9, 1949 – August 3, 1968
Service recordRonald Peter Santoro, of North Plainfield, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 6
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- January 9, 1949
- Home of record
- North Plainfield, New Jersey (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 6
- CHARLES RAY CRIMStaff Sergeant · August 3, 1968
- RICHARD EDWIN PALOWSKISergeant · August 3, 1968
- MILAN ELLIOT TURNERLance Corporal · August 3, 1968
- MICHAEL LANE UMDENSTOCKLance Corporal · August 3, 1968
From North Plainfield
- DENNIS RICHARD SCHMIDTCorporal · August 8, 1966
- JOHN FRANK BARANOSKIPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- WILLIAM B CHRISTENSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 10, 1969
- FREDERICK C KINSLER JRLance Corporal · August 23, 1969
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.