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JORGE ARTURO CASTRO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 3, 1945 – April 14, 1968
Service recordJorge Arturo Castro, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 51
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 51
- WILLIAM HENRY BOSWELLCorporal · April 14, 1968
- DANIEL ALEXANDER BRANSONSergeant First Class · April 14, 1968
- ROGER LEE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- JAMES CLIFFORD COCHRANPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALAN ANDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 50
- JAMES CLIFFORD COCHRANPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 51
- JAMES J GREBSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 52
- HECTOR RAMON MARIN-RAMOSSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 53
- JOSEPH ANTHONY JANOWICZSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 54
- JAMES ALLEN PETTITTSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 54
- EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 2
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.