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ROBERT EDWARD CASTLE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 8, 1946 – March 21, 1970
Service recordRobert Edward Castle, of Santa Ana, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1970, in Laos, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh/M/L/A Uh-1n Qualified (I) (7563)
- Born
- April 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1970. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 28
- LOUIS JOSEPH BARBARIASergeant · March 21, 1970
- GARY JOE BARNETTCaptain · March 21, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES BLAKEPetty Officer Third Class · March 21, 1970
- JOHN RICHARD CHAPMANStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 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.