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JUAN JOSE CASTRO
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 27, 1940 – March 23, 1966
Service recordJuan Jose Castro, of Norwalk, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 23, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 7 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 27, 1940
- Home of record
- Norwalk, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 1 BN 7 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 41
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- DONALD E CLARK JRCaptain · March 23, 1966
- CLYDE DUANE DAWSONMajor · March 23, 1966
- SAMUEL EUGENE HEWITTSergeant · March 23, 1966
From Norwalk
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- FELIX F F LEYVA-PARRA-FRIASPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD VAGNONEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- JERRY PAIZSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
- MITCHELL FRANK SILVERSPrivate First Class · January 25, 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.