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CLEMENT SAM CASTALDO
Fireman · U.S. Navy
February 6, 1947 – May 29, 1966
Service recordClement Sam Castaldo, of Downers Grove, Illinois, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 29, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 116
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Born
- February 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Downers Grove, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 116
- THOMAS WESLEY BRITTON JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- THOMAS DAVID CAMPBELLSergeant · May 29, 1966
- CHARLIE ALFRED CARDENSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- JAMES ERNEST CASALECaptain · May 29, 1966
From Downers Grove
- ALLAN DAVID TIMMERMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROY BODDENMaster Sergeant · June 3, 1967
- HANS DIETRICK LANGESpecialist Four · June 8, 1967
- RONALD LEE ELZAPrivate First Class · June 12, 1967
- RAYMOND GEORGE HENGELSPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- SCOTT ALAN WRIGHTPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- IVAN CLIFFORD BROEFFLECorporal · May 9, 1968
- HOWARD EMERSON QUERRYSergeant · May 10, 1968
- DENNIS ALAN ORMONDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH ADDUCISpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
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.