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JAMES CALVIN CASTON
Captain · U.S. Army
December 13, 1935 – August 10, 1965
Service recordJames Calvin Caston, of Weslaco, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (81204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 13, 1935
- Home of record
- Weslaco, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 49
- RICHARD LEE GOUDYCaptain · August 9, 1965
- JERRY ALLEN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM EUGENE MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · August 9, 1965
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
From Weslaco
- ROBERTO PEREZCorporal · February 9, 1966
- MARIO YBARRAPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- JAVIER BECERRALance Corporal · April 20, 1967
- JOSE ANTONIO ROSASStaff Sergeant · May 8, 1967
- JOE DANIEL DUNNStaff Sergeant · March 1, 1968
- RUBEN RIVERALance Corporal · August 26, 1969
- ROBERT BRADFORD HAYSCorporal · July 21, 1970
- JESUS GARCIA SEPULVEDAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1972
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.