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CHARLES CASTULO CISNEROS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 8, 1950 – June 22, 1970
Service recordCharles Castulo Cisneros, of Cerro, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Cerro, New Mexico (Taos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 78
- RAUL DEJESUS-ROSACorporal · June 22, 1970
- WILLIAM MARTIN DUNNINGSpecialist Four · June 22, 1970
- JOHN STILES EARLELieutenant · June 22, 1970
- ALLEN EUGENE OATNEYCorporal · June 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAUL DEJESUS-ROSACorporal · Panel 9W, Line 78
- ALLEN EUGENE OATNEYCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 78
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.