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SAMUEL RODGER CASTELLANO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 14, 1947 – August 30, 1968
Service recordSamuel Rodger Castellano, of Medford, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 5
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
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- August 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Medford, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 5
- DONNY RAE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- JAMES ALBERT DALTONSpecialist Four · August 30, 1968
- JOHN EDWIN DAVISCorporal · August 30, 1968
- WILLIAM LEON VICKChief Warrant Officer 3 · August 30, 1968
From Medford
- BERNARD JAMES CREEDSergeant · November 17, 1965
- HAROLD BARNETT NELSONLance Corporal · June 2, 1966
- ARTHUR ANTHONY FREDA JRSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- EARL KENNETH BURNS JRSenior Master Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- EDWARD CHARLES MCCARTHYLance Corporal · February 2, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MCCARTHYLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM ARGYFirst Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS YEOMANSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- VINCENT ANTONIO MOTTOLAPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- CRAIG FRANCIS SWAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
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.