The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Jose Elias Santiago-Ortiz
Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
C CO 31 INF 7 DIV
Date of Death
October 14, 1952
Corporal Santiago-Ortiz was a Light Weapons Infantry Squad Leader in Company C, 1st Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy on"Triangle Hill" in North Korea on October 14, 1952. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.