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VIRGIL LEE CASTLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 31, 1949 – August 9, 1969
Service recordVirgil Lee Castle, of Athens, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Athens, Ohio (Athens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 117
- JOHN DALE BRINGLance Corporal · August 9, 1969
- PHILIP GENE DESLAURIERSLance Corporal · August 9, 1969
- PAUL ANTHONY DEVEGTERSpecialist Four · August 9, 1969
- JAMES CHARLES DINESpecialist Five · August 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CHARLES DINESpecialist Five · Panel 20W, Line 117
- FRED ANDERSON FEDDERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 118
- MICHAEL ROBERT SEIBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 119
- STEPHEN ANDREW YOUNGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 120
From Athens
- PHILLIP R LOONEYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- DENNIS KEITH ERDOSSpecialist Four · December 17, 1966
- JOSEPH A BODNARFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1968
- LOWELL ROGER GROVESPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- LARRY EUGENE SPAULDINGLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- FRANK HAROLD MILLER JRCorporal · September 19, 1970
- FINLEY AUSTIN RICECorporal · December 22, 1970
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.