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JOSEPH PHILIP CASTAGNA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 29, 1948 – December 21, 1968
Service recordJoseph Philip Castagna, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 56
- ROBERT CHARLES DREWICZStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1968
- LARRY ALLEN GOFFPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
- ROBERT CARL GREEN JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
- ROCKNE LAMAR HARDWICKLance Corporal · December 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JAY MCDONALDPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 57
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.