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JAMES CASTALDI
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 31, 1942 – January 12, 1968
Service recordJames Castaldi, of Camden, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 38
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 31, 1942
- Home of record
- Camden, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 38
- BERNARD CHARLES MATTSONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MCCLARYStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1968
- PHILIP DANIEL MITCHELLLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- JOHNNIE KAY PERKINSPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ELDREW BARRONCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 33
- LEE ROGER DANIELSONSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 35
- ROY WILLIAM EDWARDSPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 35
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MCCLARYStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 38
- WILLIAM DAVID PORTSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 39
- MAX RAY SPANGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 39
From Camden
- SIDNEY COHENStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- GEORGE JOSEPH STEPHENSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM NICKERSONSpecialist Four · December 21, 1965
- WARREN WALTER PFEFFERLEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- EDWARD STEVEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- JOSEPH EVERETT PACKER JRAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- LUIS SANTIAGO SANTIAGOPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JAMES XAVIER GILCHPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- JOHN DAVID SMITHSergeant · August 11, 1966
- GEORGE WILLIAM MILLERPrivate First Class · September 19, 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.