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TEOFILO CASTILLO PIMENTEL
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 8, 1926 – February 10, 1966
Service recordTeofilo Castillo Pimentel, of Wahiawa, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 23
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 8, 1926
- Home of record
- Wahiawa, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1966
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 23
- ERNST PHILIP KIEFEL JRColonel · February 10, 1966
- M L MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · February 10, 1966
- WARREN GARY PETERSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1966
- JOHN SARGEANT VOEGTLIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT SOARES ANDRADEStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 21
- JOSE ESCAMILLAStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 22
- ALVIN HOSKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 22
- M L MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 23
- KERMIT HAROLD YOHOSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 24
From Wahiawa
- EDWARD Y C KIMStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- HOWARD J ANDUHAStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1966
- JOHN MICHIO MAMIYAChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- ELMER WILLIAM DICKENSStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1966
- ELMELINDO RODRIGUES SMITHPlatoon Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- FELICISIMO ARELIANO HUGOSergeant First Class · February 26, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES TAKEMOTOSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- CLIFFORD AUHUNA NEWMANSeaman · November 11, 1968
- TERRY TERUO KAWAMURACorporal · March 20, 1969
- YOSHIO TAKEHARASergeant First Class · February 15, 1971
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.