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WILLIAM PETER KASTENDIECK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 5, 1950 – April 1, 1970
Service recordWilliam Peter Kastendieck, of Lindenhurst, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Lindenhurst, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 69
- KENNETH RAY HODGESergeant · April 1, 1970
- DENNIS VAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
- JAY WILLIAM KINGSergeant First Class · April 1, 1970
- MICHAEL RICHARD PATTERSONCorporal · April 1, 1970
From Lindenhurst
- MICHAEL EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · October 21, 1965
- ROBERT ANDREW DORNERPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
- RAYMOND WIDMANNLance Corporal · July 4, 1966
- JOSEPH JOHN DILANDROSergeant · March 21, 1967
- WAYNE JOHN MARQUARDTCorporal · September 2, 1967
- ALEXANDER CHISHOLMSergeant · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT JAMEISON REGINALDCorporal · October 28, 1967
- EDMUND ANTHONY OCONNORPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- DONALD ANTHONY TESTACorporal · May 7, 1968
- DAVID ARNOLD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 5, 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.