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BENJAMIN CASTILLO-LIMA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 30, 1943 – November 12, 1965
Service recordBenjamin Castillo-Lima, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 43
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 43
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- JOSEPH RENE DUPEREStaff Sergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD PAUL FERENCESergeant · November 12, 1965
- ROGER LEE FLOYDPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 42
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 42
- RAFAEL C CARMONA-MEDINAPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 42
- FRANKLIN L CONNPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 42
- WILLIAM HENRY EADENSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 42
- JOSEPH RENE DUPEREStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 43
- EDWARD PAUL FERENCESergeant · Panel 3E, Line 43
- ROGER LEE FLOYDPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 43
- THOMAS JOSEPH FOXPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 44
- JOSEPH CHARLES GIORDANOSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 44
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 44
- CHARLES JULIUS JANKESpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 44
- JACKIE MCMILLONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 46
- MARINER PATRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 46
- WAYNE DOUGLAS PROBERTSPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 46
- RAFAEL SANTIAGO-CRUZPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 46
- RAYMOND SANTILLISpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 47
- EARNEST G SEARSSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 47
- EUGENE TURNERSpecialist Five · Panel 3E, Line 47
- JAMES BELL WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 47
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.