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CASTILLO, GREGORIO PEDRO
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Casualty
Record
Name:
CASTILLO, GREGORIO PEDRO
Rank / Branch:
PFC E-3, U.S. ARMY
Date of Birth:
1943-05-09
Country
of Loss:
SOUTH VIETNAM
Loss
Coordinates:
QUANG NGAI
Status:
HOSTILE, FRAGMENT WO
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground:
GROUND
Awards & Decorations:
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Veteran
Hagiography
GREGORIO PEDRO CASTILLO, PRIVATE FIRST CLASS, U.S. ARMY, MONAHANS, WARD COUNTY, TEXAS
AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Army Commendation's Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Military Merit Medal.
BIOGRAPHY
Gregorio Pedro Castillo was a Ward County resident, having attended Monahans schools. He was drafted at age 22 when he was living and working in Glendale, California doing migrate farm work with his family. He completed basic training and infantry AIT at Fort Ord, California. While in basic training, his mother died in Monahans.
He trained in infantry and began his tour in Vietnam on January 12, 1969 He was a assigned as an infantryman with Company A, 4th Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 11th Infantry Brigade under the operational control of the Americal (23rd) Division. He was killed on September 21, 1969. His unit was operating 14 miles west of Duc Pho (92 miles SSE of Da Nang). They were in a night defense mode and they became engaged with an unknown size enemy force. The received small arms and about 45 rounds of mortar fire. His unit fired back with unit weapons, and were supported by helicopter gunships and a USAF AC-119 gunship. Enemy losses were unknown, but Gregorio was one of 11 troopers killed and 10 wounded. He died from the fragments from a mortar. 
PFC Castillo was buried with full military honors in Monahans City Cemetery, Monahans, Texas next to his mother. He was survived by his sister, Andrea Escamilla of Monahans.
Monahans City Cemetery, Monahans, Texas VIRTUAL WALL
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