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APOLINAR CASTILLO JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 28, 1948 – July 5, 1969
Service recordApolinar Castillo JR, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 64
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 28, 1948
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 64
- JIMMY DON WESTSergeant First Class · July 4, 1969
- JAMES MONTGOMERY WITHEESpecialist Four · July 4, 1969
- JOHN CLIFFORD WOODCorporal · July 4, 1969
- THOMAS JOHN D CAMPBELLLance Corporal · July 5, 1969
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.