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CHARLES EDWARD NICASTRO
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 16, 1943 – May 30, 1966
Service recordCharles Edward Nicastro, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 30, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 126
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 3 AMTRAC BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- October 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 126
- THOMAS EDWARD COLLINSStaff Sergeant · May 30, 1966
- DARROL OREN NELSONSpecialist Five · May 30, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT RIDDLESergeant · May 30, 1966
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.