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LUIS S. SANTIAGO
Home Of Record:
CAMDEN
County:
Camden
Status:
Killed In Action
Rank:
PFC
Branch Of Service:
Army
Country Of Incident:
SVN
Date of Casualty:
June 24, 1966
Date of Birth:
February 08, 1948
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LUIS SANTIAGO SANTIAGO
PFC - E3 - Army - Regular
25th Infantry Division
Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Apr 16, 1966
Casualty was on Jun 24, 1966
In , SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died of wounds, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered
Panel 08E - Line 88
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Luis S. Santiago was born on
February 8, 1948. He attended Poynt Junior High School in Camden, NJ. His
home of record is Camden, NJ.
Santiago served in the US Army and attained the rank of Private First Class
(PFC). He received his basic training at Fort Dix, NJ, and was a member of
the 14th Infantry Division. He was sent to Vietnam in May 1966.
Santiago was killed in action on June 24, 1966, of a gunshot wound received
while on a combat operation against a hostile force.
Information from NJVVMF.
Norristown GI and 2 From N.J. Die in Vietnam
Pfc. Luis S. Santiago, of 418 N. 2d st., Camden.
Santiago, 18, attended Pyne Poynt Junior High School in Camden. He enlisted
in July, 1965. He received his basic training at Fort Dix, and as a member
of the 14th Infantry Division, went to Vietnam in May.
Last Saturday, his step-father received a telegram informing him the youth
had died "of a gunshot wound while on a combat operation against a hostile
force."
Article taken in part from The Philadelphia Inquirer on June 28, 1966. The
other 2 GI's mentioned in the article were Army PFC William R. Reese of
Norristown, PA, and Sgt. 1/C Sherman Chapman Jr., of Trenton, NJ.
MESSAGES LEFT ON THEWALL-USA
** Note that some of these
messages are from years ago and their contact information may not be good
anymore **
harry carter
hecarter47@aol.com
squadmate and friend
595 county road 583
heflin,al 36264 USA
On a search and destroy mission in early June 1966 my platoon accidently
killed a water buffalo. After our return to CuChi, we were ordered to return
to that area of operations and pay the owner of the water buffalo. This was
ordered by some idiot at Division level. As the platoon approached the
village it was ambushed. Luis Santiago walking point was the first man hit.
In the intense crossfire, the platoon machine gunner threw down his M60 and
hid in an old shell hole. Santiago was killed by intense enemy machine gun
fire. The platoon coward was subsequently court martialed and was
incarcerated in Long Binh Jail. I hope he is still there. "LOOIE" was a good
guy who might be alive today if anyone else had been carrying the M60 that
day.
Saturday, December 25, 1999
doug snyder
c2555d@aol.com
FELLOW SOLDIER 25TH INF.
2555 MIDDLE WAYe
EASTON, PA 18040 USA
NOT FORGOTTEN HERO
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN, HERO. THANK OYU FOR YOUR
SACRIFICE. DOUG 222ND INF., 25TH INF, DIV.
Thursday, June 24, 2004
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