Angelo C. Santiago

Philadelphia Memorial Panel: Panel 26

National Memorial Panel / Row: West 59 / 13

Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1945

Neighborhood: Kensington

High School: Thomas Edison High School

Street: W. Berks Street

Branch of Service: Army

Rank: SGT

Date of Casualty: 06-Jun-1968

Province of Casualty: Phu Yen

A native of Puerto Rico, Santiago moved to Philadelphia when he was 10 years old. He attended Edison High School and worked as a glassman for Engelo Brothers Lamp & Light Co., Masher Street and Allegheny Avenue. He enlisted in the Army in May 1967, his wife said, because he felt he had a duty to do so. Santiago was a 22-year-old light vehicle operator with the 545th Transportation Company in Vietnam. He died during a firefight with a Viet Cong unit on June 6, 1968. In addition to his wife, he was survived by a daughter, his parents, three brothers and four sisters.