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JUAN CORTES-CASTILLO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 7, 1946 – December 11, 1968
Service recordJuan Cortes-Castillo, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 1
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Bayamon, Puerto Rico (Bayamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1968; four 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 1
- ALFRED JOSEPH CRITELLIPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- ROBERT WALTER CROMWELLLance Corporal · December 11, 1968
- LAWRENCE GEORGE EANSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- DENNIS EUGENE EDGESergeant · December 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN CHARLES FRITZPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 2
- DAVID ERNEST GARDNERPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 2
- WENCESLAO ROSAS MATIAS JRCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 4
From Bayamon
- RAMON KUILAN-OLIVERASSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- WENCESLEO KUILANStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GAMALIEL MARCANO-DIAZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- ALFONSO ORTIZ-LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- ENRIQUE BERMUDEZ-PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
- JESUS D RIVERA-MELENDEZStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1967
- JUAN ORTIZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- NERY JACINTO BRENESSergeant · January 23, 1968
- JUAN BAUT MORALES-MERCADOPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ISMAEL MENENDEZ-OCASIOPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
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.