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SANTANA S FERNANDEZ JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 25, 1949 – April 21, 1969
Service recordSantana S Fernandez JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1949
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 18
- PAUL THOMAS BAZARLance Corporal · April 21, 1969
- RALPH BURKHALTER JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 1969
- THOMAS ANTHONY CHIALASTRIPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- JOSEPH FICARAPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.