Gregorio Pedro Castillo

Private First Class
A CO, 4TH BN, 3RD INFANTRY, 11 INF BDE
Army of the United States
09 May 1943 - 21 September 1969
Glendale, California
Panel 18W Line 119

11 INF BDE

3RD INF RGT
Combat Infantry

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Gregorio Pedro Castillo

04 Feb 2007

Gregorio was a Monahans, Texas native. He was drafted into the service at age 24. He was killed by multiple fragmentation wounds on September 21, 1969. He was in his 9th month in Vietnam. He is buried in the Monahans, Texas City Cemetery. He is remembered by the Permian Basin Vietnam Veterans' Memorial located in Midland, Texas.

From a PBVVM representative,
Billy M. Brown
bmbrown@grandecom.net

A Note from The Virtual Wall

The MACV Summary for 21 Sep 1969 contains the following entry:

The 11 US soldiers from A Co, 4th Bn, 3rd Infantry who died in the fight described above were

  • SFC Joe A. Foster, Birmingham, AL
  • SGT Wilfredo B. Andrada, Hilo, HI
  • SGT Henry M. Stewart, Cincinnati, OH
  • CPL Dennis L. Bartlebaugh, Los Angeles, CA
  • CPL Carl A. Dean, Edgewater, MD (medic, HQ Co w/ A/4/3)
  • CPL Davitt J. Franks, Cleveland, OH
  • SP4 Larry C. Hathcock, Stanfield, NC
  • CPL Thomas L. Larson, Rock Island, IL
  • CPL Michael J. Pacheco, Paia Maui, HI
  • PFC Gregorio P. Castillo, Glendale, CA
  • PFC Steven V. Elting, Vestaburg, MI


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a PBVVM representative,
Billy M. Brown
bmbrown@grandecom.net



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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 04 Feb 2007
Last updated 04/26/2008