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REINALDO ZAYAS-CASTRO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 10, 1941 – May 4, 1966
Service recordReinaldo Zayas-Castro, of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Supply Handler (56A)
- Born
- February 10, 1941
- Home of record
- Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico (Trujillo Alto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 28
- ROBERT ALLEN FENTONPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- EARNEST ALFRED TUCKER JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1966
- HARDEN BERT WALKERFirst Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- HOWARD DENNIS WEISSSpecialist Four · May 4, 1966
From Trujillo Alto
- HERIBERTO ROMERO-OYOLASpecialist Four · February 25, 1967
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.