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PHILLIP CASTILLO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 24, 1948 – June 18, 1970
Service recordPhillip Castillo, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 62
- RODNEY GLEN WOODSpecialist Five · June 17, 1970
- LARRY MICHAEL ALLENPrivate First Class · June 18, 1970
- FRANK BOWENSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1970
- JOHNNY CHARLES BRISENOPrivate First Class · June 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HENRY PATRICK CLARKSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 63
- EARNEST HARDIMON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 64
- WESLEY EUGENE MELTONPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 65
- RODRICK ALLAN SKEINSSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 65
- BARRY GLENN TUCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 66
- FRANK CHARLES ZONAR JRSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 66
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 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.