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ROBERT SHEEHAN CASTELOT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 21, 1948 – June 11, 1968
Service recordRobert Sheehan Castelot, of Hillsboro, New Hampshire, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Hillsboro, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 22
- WAYNE WILLIAM BERNHARDTPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN BURTONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1968
- GLADSTON CALLWOODSpecialist Four · June 11, 1968
- LARRY DEXTER CARLISLEChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 11, 1968
From Hillsboro
- WILLIAM EARL CATESergeant · September 15, 1966
- RALPH ARTHUR HOWARDStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1970
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.