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RICKEY DON CASTLEMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 14, 1946 – June 29, 1966
Service recordRickey Don Castleman, of Hastings, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Hastings, Florida (St Johns County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 107
- JOHN JOSEPH BERTHELPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- CARLOS WADE CONRADPrivate · June 29, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HARRY BURKLEY FORBESSpecialist Five · Panel 8E, Line 108
From Hastings
- CHARLES EDWARD MILLERChief Master Sergeant · September 6, 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.