Deflin M. Santos Jr. - California's War Dead - Los Angeles Times Santos was killed alongside Specialist Wilbel A. Robles-Santa, 25, of Juncos, Puerto Rico and Staff Sergeant Christopher M. Ward, 24, of Oak Ridge, Tenn. when enemy forces attacked their unit in Zabul, Afghanistan with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device. One memory of Deflin M. Santos Jr. Share a memory of Deflin