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ERASMO CAMARGO CASTILLO
Captain · U.S. Army
September 1, 1934 – June 11, 1967
Service recordErasmo Camargo Castillo, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1934
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1967; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 86
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE BONNELLStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1967
- EMMETT LEE BOOTHGunnery Sergeant · June 11, 1967
- DAVID ALAN BRILEYAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- KERMIT EDWARD BURKEYSpecialist Five · June 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALAN BRILEYAPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 86
- EDWARD JEROME COLSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 87
- EDWARD ROY LUKERTSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 90
- JOEL THOMAS WILLISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21E, Line 93
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.