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EDWIN JAMES CASALETTO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 9, 1938 – May 29, 1967
Service recordEdwin James Casaletto, of Malden, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 218 MP CO USARV
- Born
- August 9, 1938
- Home of record
- Malden, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 9
- MARGIE BROGDONCorporal · May 29, 1967
- GEORGE JOSEPH CARRSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- DAVID ORIN CEDERSTROMPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CHERRYStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1967
From Malden
- JOHN F WADENPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM ROBERTSONCaptain · January 9, 1967
- PETER MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD MEUSEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- RAYMOND ALBERT GIGNACMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1968
- RODNEY ARTHUR ALFANOFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- SAMUEL JAMES RUMSON JRPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- DAVID EDWARD GREGOIRELance Corporal · March 20, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSE SHORTSLEEVESSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL HURLEY JRMajor · March 29, 1968
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.