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THOMAS CASTILLO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 3, 1944 – August 1, 1969
Service recordThomas Castillo, of Santa Maria, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 83
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Santa Maria, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 83
- GAYLORD KILA DEFRIESStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1969
- JAMES LARRY HICKSCorporal · August 1, 1969
- RICHARD EUGENE HOLZER JRFirst Lieutenant · August 1, 1969
- JOHN DAVID MUIRPetty Officer Third Class · August 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANK DANIEL WALTHERSCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 84
- HAROLD DAVID WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 20W, Line 84
From Santa Maria
- RICHARD DAVID SWAYZEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS J ONTIVEROSPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- ROBERT BLANCO COWELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- IRA JAMES SPITTLER IIISpecialist Four · February 5, 1967
- ANTONIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- DONALD MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCISpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- DAVID ALAN SCHULTZSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- ALBERT RANDOLPH FOGG IIISpecialist Four · February 6, 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.