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JAMES ERNEST CASALE
Captain · U.S. Army
December 30, 1936 – May 29, 1966
Service recordJames Ernest Casale, of Sharon, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist (77900)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- December 30, 1936
- Home of record
- Sharon, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 116
- THOMAS WESLEY BRITTON JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- THOMAS DAVID CAMPBELLSergeant · May 29, 1966
- CHARLIE ALFRED CARDENSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- CLEMENT SAM CASTALDOFireman · May 29, 1966
From Sharon
- DANIEL JOHN DABREUPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- PAUL ANTHONY GUIDAPrivate First Class · January 10, 1973
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.