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SANTOS SANCHEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 4, 1943 – June 25, 1966
Service recordSantos Sanchez, of Selma, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 25, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 94
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Selma, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 94
- RONALD GENE MCBETHPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD REESE JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- DAVID ELLIOT REYNERCorporal · June 25, 1966
- GARRY LEE REYNOLDSCorporal · June 25, 1966
From Selma
- JOHN GARCIALance Corporal · February 4, 1966
- PHILLIP ARNOLD HERRERA JRLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- CHARLES THOMAS SHELTONSergeant · January 6, 1967
- PEDRO ORTIZSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- JUAN J PEREZFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD ZAMORASpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- ARTHUR OLOGUE SOTOSergeant · August 27, 1968
- STEVEN PARKER BRODRICKFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1968
- GARY ALLEN COXLance Corporal · June 5, 1969
- LAVON NEIL PRATHERSpecialist Four · June 24, 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.