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HUGO CARLOS CASTANEDA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 1, 1946 – July 9, 1968
Service recordHugo Carlos Castaneda, of Compton, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 2
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 2
- WILLIAM IRVIN TURNER JRSergeant · July 8, 1968
- HOWARD CLAYTON WILLIAMSLance Corporal · July 8, 1968
- THOMAS LESLIE WILSONPrivate First Class · July 8, 1968
- JIMMY RAY YOUNGCorporal · July 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAM STEPHEN ALLISONSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 4
- CHARLES COOK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 4
- FREDERICK REED WILLSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 8
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 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.