Robert John Santoro

John Robert Santoro Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry RegimentAttached to Alpha Company, 3-12 Infantry 4th Infantry Division Age: 22Date of Birth: 5/19/1946From: Long Island, New YorkMarital Status: Single Specialist Fourth Class, E-4, Selective Service Military Occupation Specialty: 91B – Medical NCOEnlistment Date – 10/26/1967Length of Service – Less than one year (293 days) His […]

Robert Irwin Brown

Robert Irwin Brown Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment 4th Infantry Division Age: 20Date of Birth: 11/4/1947From: New York, New YorkMarital Status: Married Corporal, E-4, Selective ServicePay Grade at Loss – E-3. Posthumous promotion Military Occupation Specialty: 11B – InfantrymanEnlistment Date – 12/12/1967Length of Service – Less than one year (246 days) His tour […]

Roy L Edelstein

Roy L Edelstein Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment 4th Infantry Division Age: 20Date of Birth: 8/25/1947From: Superior, WisconsinMarital Status: Single Private First Class, E-3, Selective Service Military Occupation Specialty: 11B – InfantrymanEnlistment Date – 12/3/1967Length of Service – Less than one year (255 days) His tour began on May 25, 1968Casualty was on […]

Seferino Albarez Jr.

Seferino Albarez Jr. Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment 4th Infantry Division Age: 21Date of Birth: 2/24/1947From: Lockhart, TexasMarital Status: Single Private First Class, E-3, Selective Service Military Occupation Specialty: 11B – InfantrymanEnlistment Date – 12/13/1967Length of Service – Less than one year (183 days) His tour began on May 25, 1967Casualty was on […]

Gravesite Visit #42 – PFC Roy L Edelstein – Superior, Wisconsin

Minneapolis, Minnesota In October of 2022 I found myself in Minneapolis, Minnesota for work. On Monday the 17th I had visited the gravesites of three men who were serving in the 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment in Vietnam when they were killed in action. Once I finished up at the cemeteries, I picked up a […]