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TEODORO SANTELLAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 10, 1947 – September 23, 1968
Service recordTeodoro Santellan, of Grant, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Grant, Michigan (Newaygo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 1
- PETER THOMAS MILLERWarrant Officer 1 · September 23, 1968
- MICHAEL DARWIN PERSONETTELance Corporal · September 23, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES ROMANKOLance Corporal · September 23, 1968
- JACK SIZEMORE SRStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MAISANOPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 69
From Grant
- JAMES LEE CRANDELLCorporal · November 22, 1968
- ALBERT JACOB VANDERHAAGSergeant · December 20, 1970
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.