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ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 12, 1947 – March 12, 1967
Service recordAndrew Thomas Castelda, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 71
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 71
- FILIBERTO GUILLER MIRANDASpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- JAMES PAUL PERRONE JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- ROBERT LESTER VANGIESONPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- JACK HOWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN FRANK BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 67
- CHARLES WESLEY BARRETTSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 68
- LAMAR HORNEPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 68
- RICHARD HUTCHINSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 68
- STEPHEN EDWARD KAROPCZYCFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 69
- LAMARRE ARTHUR MAJORPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 69
- DANNY DAVID RHOADSSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 70
- VICTOR JOSEPH RUGGERO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 70
- DOUGLAS WAYNE STEGALLPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 70
- FILIBERTO GUILLER MIRANDASpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 71
- JAMES PAUL PERRONE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 71
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- CHARLES LATTIMORE JRSergeant · April 11, 1967
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.