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ALFREDO CASTANON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 31, 1945 – September 24, 1966
Service recordAlfredo Castanon, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 24, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 6
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 6
- STEPHEN E BURTONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- ESTILL LEE CHILDERSLance Corporal · September 24, 1966
- JACK EMANUEL CROUCH JRLance Corporal · September 24, 1966
- GARRY DON DAVISPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- RALPH GARY TILLPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.