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SANTIAGO V E QUINTANA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 6, 1949 – May 23, 1969
Service recordSantiago V E Quintana, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Santa Fe, New Mexico (Santa Fe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 89
- ARMANDO RAMIREZSpecialist Five · May 23, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN RANDALL JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- ANDREW WILLIAM RICE JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 23, 1969
- DAVID SETH ROSSSergeant · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARMANDO RAMIREZSpecialist Five · Panel 24W, Line 89
From Santa Fe
- FRANCIS XAVIER NAVACorporal · September 8, 1966
- JOHN FRANK RAY GRIEGOCorporal · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT STEVEN TRUJILLOStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1968
- MANUEL TIODORO SEGURAPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- GILBERT MORALESSergeant First Class · July 14, 1968
- WILLIE DANIEN MARTINEZCorporal · March 27, 1969
- RICHARD EDWARD GRIEGOSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- PEDRO ASCENCION DELORAPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- ENRIQUE VALDEZGunnery Sergeant · August 26, 1969
- LEROY LARKIN HOWLANDSpecialist Four · November 20, 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.