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SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ-LEBRON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 26, 1936 – May 4, 1968
Service recordSantiago Rodriguez-Lebron, of Fajardo, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 40
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 26, 1936
- Home of record
- Fajardo, Puerto Rico (Fajardo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 40
- RONALD LYNN HURSTPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES SCHULTZPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE SLATERPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- ROBERT RAYMOND SMALLCorporal · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR THEODORE KRAMER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 36
- DONALD EDWARD NIPPERSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 39
- DONALD JEANE SWEATStaff Sergeant · Panel 54E, Line 41
From Fajardo
- HECTOR RAMON MARIN-RAMOSSergeant · April 14, 1968
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.