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RUSSELL RALPH COSTELLO
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
July 10, 1926 – September 4, 1970
Service recordRussell Ralph Costello, of Warrington, Florida, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 37
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Mate (561E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 10, 1926
- Home of record
- Warrington, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1970
- Age
- 44
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 37
- CRAIG THOMAS WATERMANCorporal · September 3, 1970
- JOSE LUNA GONZALES JRPrivate First Class · September 4, 1970
- JOSEPH KENT GRENIERAirman First Class · September 4, 1970
- WILLIAM HARPSergeant · September 4, 1970
From Warrington
- RICHARD ANTHONY GROOVERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- ROBERT CLARENCE FROSIOCommander · November 12, 1966
- KENNETH PAGE SARGENTPrivate First Class · March 1, 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.