JAMES EDWARD ANDER SANTOS

Company C 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 03/16/1967

 

 

Age: 20
Race: Malayan
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Feb 1, 1947
From: DEDEDO, GUAM
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Married

SP4 - E4 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11B20: Infantryman
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Jul 21, 1966
Casualty was on Mar 16, 1967
In KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered

Panel 16E - Line 98

 

James Santos was killed in action while on Operation Sam Houston in an engagement with hostile forces,
at grid reference YA 602584, approximately 26 kilometers west of Plei Djereng airfield.

 

 

 

James Santos' decorations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James E.A. Santos

Photo from Jennie Ignacio via Tony Guzman

 

 

Photo from Jennie Ignacio via Tony Guzman

 

 

Photo from Jennie Ignacio via Tony Guzman

 

 

Photo from Jennie Ignacio via Tony Guzman

 

 

 

 

 

James Edward Ander Santos is buried in the Veterans Cemetery at Piti, Guam

 

The grave marker for James Edward Ander Santos

Photo by Carol Santos

 

 

 

 

The Veterans Cemetery in Guam

Photo by Tony Guzman

 

 

 

Grave marker for James E. A. Santos

Photo by Tony Guzman

 

 

 

Grave marker for James E. A. Santos

Photo by Tony Guzman

 

 

 

Grave of James E. A. Santos

Photo by Tony Guzman

 

 

Grave of James E. A. Santos

Photo by Tony Guzman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top photo by Carol Santos

 

 

 

For a tribute to James Santos click on the following link:

Together We Served

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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