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DAVID RIVAS CASTILLO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 20, 1947 – November 17, 1969
Service recordDavid Rivas Castillo, of San Fernando, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 87
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 20, 1947
- Home of record
- San Fernando, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 87
- ALLEN HAYES CALDWELLSergeant · November 17, 1969
- CHARLES MITCHELL COHENPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- JOHN MILTON CONESergeant · November 17, 1969
- GEORGE JOSEPH FUERSTSergeant · November 17, 1969
From San Fernando
- JOHN WEGER JRCaptain · October 22, 1965
- VAUN ANDREWSSergeant · October 7, 1967
- ARTHUR BUSTAMANTELance Corporal · January 13, 1968
- MALCOLM MARCELLIN ESPARZASpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- ISAAC RAMIREZ GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · September 8, 1968
- WILLIAM GOODRO REICHSpecialist Four · November 18, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BERRYSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- JAMES STEVEN ROGERSCorporal · September 15, 1969
- RUSSELL EDWARD UPRIGHTFirst Lieutenant · November 14, 1969
- DAVID RAMIREZ MENDOZASpecialist Four · March 26, 1971
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.