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RICHARD THOMAS KASTNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 27, 1949 – November 15, 1969
Service recordRichard Thomas Kastner, of Casper, Wyoming, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 80
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Casper, Wyoming (Natrona County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 80
- JAMES JOHN GUNDERSONSergeant · November 15, 1969
- FOREST CLAYTON HODGKINSpecialist Four · November 15, 1969
- EVERETT RALPH JORENS JRSergeant · November 15, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL ROSASpecialist Four · November 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL ROSASpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 80
- JOHN EDWARD POOLECorporal · Panel 16W, Line 81
- TERRY LESTER ZUMALTPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 83
From Casper
- CARLTON JAKE HOLLANDCaptain · February 9, 1965
- ROBERT WOODROW GROVEGunnery Sergeant · February 18, 1965
- DOUGLAS TYRONE PATRICKPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- JERRY DUANE BYERSSpecialist Four · March 1, 1967
- WALTER ELMER HANDYPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- CHARLES WAYNE REBERGSergeant · April 21, 1968
- VERNON WALTER NIX IIIStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD LEROY ENDICOTTCaptain · April 30, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE BARNESSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN SWEENEYSpecialist Four · February 23, 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.