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RUSSELL LEONARD CASTLE
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 31, 1933 – July 2, 1967
Service recordRussell Leonard Castle, of Woodbridge, Virginia, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 97
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 31, 1933
- Home of record
- Woodbridge, Virginia (Prince William County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 97
- DANIEL WILLIAM BRADYLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WALTER HARM BROOKS JRLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- EDWARD LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · July 2, 1967
- CESAR EDUARDO CARVALLOLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WAYNE GRIFFITHSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 103
- JIMMIE LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 107
From Woodbridge
- THOMAS JOHN HOWEWarrant Officer 1 · October 6, 1968
- DAVID NED MOORECorporal · December 8, 1968
- HUGH BRADLEY BLEVINS JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- CHARLES HENRY HAMILTONSergeant First Class · May 16, 1970
- GEORGE WOLFGANG SEVIGNYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1972
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.