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WILFREDO MERCADO-SANTOS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 7, 1944 – April 11, 1967
Service recordWilfredo Mercado-Santos, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 16
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 16
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MIGUELPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- OLIVER WENDELL MYERSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- JAMES DENNIS PIPERPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- JOHN J RABIDEAUPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH GLEN KONOFFSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 15
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.