The Wall › Panel 62W › Texas › James Andrew Castleberry
JAMES ANDREW CASTLEBERRY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 6, 1944 – May 31, 1968
Service recordJames Andrew Castleberry, of Jarrell, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1968, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 7
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- November 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Jarrell, Texas (Williamson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 7
- CHARLES LOYD COLEMANCorporal · May 31, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD COWELLPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- JOHNNIE LLOYD DANIELSpecialist Four · May 31, 1968
- LEROY DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · May 31, 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.