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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of James Dennis Casteel.

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JAMES DENNIS CASTEEL

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

November 17, 1950 – December 17, 1969

Service record

James Dennis Casteel, of Englewood, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 15W · Line 66

Position of Panel 15W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
Unit (as recorded)
687 ENG CO 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
Born
November 17, 1950
Home of record
Englewood, Tennessee (Mcminn County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 17, 1969
Age
19
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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14 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Englewood

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.