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JUAN PASCUAL R CASTRO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 24, 1938 – March 21, 1969
Service recordJuan Pascual R Castro, of Mongmong, Guam, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 96
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 24, 1938
- Home of record
- Mongmong, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 96
- RICHARD C BENICEWICZCaptain · March 21, 1969
- JOSEPH GEORGE BOWMAN JRSergeant · March 21, 1969
- WALTER TARVER BRYANTPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- RONALD BRETT CASSELLLance Corporal · March 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK LYNN BLAIRSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 95
- RONALD SANDERS COLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 97
- JOE EDDIE DEMERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 97
- JOSEPH MARTIN EUSTAQUIOSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 98
- JERRY LEE EWINGPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 98
- DAVID EDWARD HERSCHBACHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 29W, Line 99
- ERROL ARTHUR HUGHESSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 99
- MOSE CHILDS HUNDLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 100
- LOUIS HENDERSON JONESStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 100
- WESLEY SHEPPARD KERRSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 100
- LARRY THOMAS MOULDERPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 100
- RICARDO LOPEZCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 102
- ALAN FREDERICK MARSCHALLSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 102
- EARL MARTIN MATTHEWSSpecialist Five · Panel 29W, Line 103
- GEORGE EDWARD MENNINGERCaptain · Panel 29W, Line 103
- DONALD RAY JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 104
- ROBERT EDWARD OBRIENCaptain · Panel 29W, Line 104
- LEONARD LEE PRESTON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 1
- ROBERT LUCIAN RIGGINS JRCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 2
- WILLIAM WARREN SHERMANSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 3
- ALBERT EDWARD SMITH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 4
- THOMAS WILLIAM WHITTENCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 6
From Mongmong
- VICENTE DUENAS PEREZSergeant First Class · August 13, 1968
- GREGORIO L PANGELINANCorporal · March 9, 1969
- RALPHAEL SGAMBELLUR YOKOIPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
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.
