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MANOLITO WISCO CASTILLO
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
October 11, 1938 – March 30, 1965
Service recordManolito Wisco Castillo served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 30, 1965, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 98
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Storekeeper (SK)
- Born
- October 11, 1938
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Other Weapons
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1965; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In March 1965, 22 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 98
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- WENDELL THEO ELIASONFirst Lieutenant · March 31, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD MAGELFirst Lieutenant · March 31, 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.