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TIMOTEO MUNOZ SANTIAGO JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 29, 1947 – November 5, 1968
Service recordTimoteo Munoz Santiago JR, of San Benito, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 24
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 29, 1947
- Home of record
- San Benito, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1968; five of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 39W, Line 24
- JOHN GLENN SCUCCHIPrivate First Class · November 5, 1968
- WILLIE DALPHUS SPIVEYStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1968
- JOHN FENTON SUGGS JRPrivate First Class · November 5, 1968
- DAVID JOSEPH ULMERStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LLOYD ROLLAND GREENEPrivate · Panel 39W, Line 21
- CHARLES CLIFTON MANN JRSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 22
- JOHN FENTON SUGGS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 24
From San Benito
- ROBERT ARNOLD CORKILLLance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- ANTONIO MORADOPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- RODOLFO VILLAFRANCOSpecialist Four · March 8, 1968
- DONALD RAY ALLENLance Corporal · April 19, 1968
- SIGIFREDO MONTALVO JRSpecialist Five · May 7, 1968
- ALBERTO L PEREZPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- ROSS OWEN BARLOWChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 20, 1968
- ANTONIO HERNANDEZCorporal · July 17, 1968
- ROLANDO G VILLARREALStaff Sergeant · March 16, 1969
- JULIAN ROBLES RODRIGUEZSergeant · January 6, 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.