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EUGENE CASTANEDA
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 4, 1947 – August 12, 1967
Service recordEugene Castaneda, of Honokaa, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 102
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Honokaa, Hawaii (Hawaii County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 102
- GEORGE CALDERON ALVAREZSergeant · August 12, 1967
- LARRY GENE ASBRIDGECorporal · August 12, 1967
- EDWIN LEE ATTERBERRYLieutenant Colonel · August 12, 1967
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.