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JOSE JAIME CASTILLO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 7, 1951 – August 8, 1970
Service recordJose Jaime Castillo, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 93
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 7, 1951
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1970. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 93
- PETER CHARLIELance Corporal · August 8, 1970
- DAVID LEROY CLIMERSpecialist Four · August 8, 1970
- THOMAS GORDON EDGRENFirst Lieutenant · August 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARROLL EDWARD RAYMER JRCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 94
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.