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BILLIE MAC CASTLEBERRY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 25, 1920 – October 7, 1965
Service recordBillie Mac Castleberry, of Mannsville, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 111
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 25, 1920
- Home of record
- Mannsville, Oklahoma (Johnston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1965
- Age
- 45
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 111
- ROGER LEROY HUBBARDSpecialist Four · October 6, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RONALD KEITH ASHLance Corporal · October 8, 1965
- MICHAEL GEORGE BRANCATOPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
From Mannsville
- WILLIAM ATTLEE HENDONMajor · November 6, 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.