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SANTOS CASTELLANOS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 9, 1934 – August 10, 1971
Service recordSantos Castellanos JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1934
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1971
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 127
- LOY WENDELL PIERCESergeant First Class · August 9, 1971
- DELBERT BRYAN RANDALLSpecialist Four · August 9, 1971
- PAUL JENNINGS BATES JRCaptain · August 10, 1971
- THOMAS ALBERT DOLANStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALBERT DOLANStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 127
- NATHANIAL CARL MATTHEWSSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 128
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.