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JEREMIAH FREDERICK COSTELLO
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 13, 1943 – May 25, 1973
Service recordJeremiah Frederick Costello, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 25, 1973, in Cambodia, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- October 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Chevy Chase, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1973
- Age
- 29
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1973. In May 1973, 2 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 117
- SAMUEL LARRY JAMESCaptain · April 18, 1973
- DOUGLAS KENT MARTINCaptain · April 18, 1973
- EDWARD R SITZSergeant · April 21, 1973
- LARRY EDWARD LAWSONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1973
From Chevy Chase
- THOMAS WELLER MCCARTHYCaptain · March 3, 1964
- DAVID LAWTON HODGESLieutenant · October 7, 1967
- ROY TULANE OKEEFESergeant · February 6, 1968
- CHARLES LAWRENCE FLOTTCaptain · June 5, 1972
- PATRICK A DECK JRFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1965
- GEORGE BADEN WARINGMajor · August 26, 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.