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MANUEL ANGEL CASTILLO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 1, 1947 – July 18, 1968
Service recordManuel Angel Castillo, of San Jose, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Plumber (51K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 34 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- October 1, 1947
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 34 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 2
- DAVID J ALEXANDER JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- LEWIS DAVIS BLACKSpecialist Six · July 18, 1968
- GEORGE ANASTA CAVALARATOSSergeant · July 18, 1968
- TERRY KENNETH HUFFSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY LEE COOKSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 3
- WILLIAM EARNEST BEALL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 5
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.