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CASTOS IN THE MILITARY Now that my own son is in the military, I have a deeper appreciation for the men and women who have served during both times of war and times of peace in our nation’s history. I felt it only fitting that I started this section of the website with those who gave their lives for their country. I would like to say up front that I have no close ties to any of these men and am only listing what I have found about them from various sources (listed below). |
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Sources: U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945 (Ancestry.com); Findagrave.com; Grafton, WV, Grafton National Cemetery, 1867-2010 (Ancestry.com) ; US World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (Ancestry.com); WV Division of Culture & History; laituk.org/B-24%2042-100322.htm (B-24 crash 1945); www.wvgenweb.org/jackson/WWIImilitarynews_3.html; World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans interred Overseas (Ancestry.com); World War II Young American Patriots, 1941-1945 (Ancestry.com); Fallen Heroes of Monroe Co., MI (www.n8elq.com/heros.html); Social Security Death Index |
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Name |
Rank |
Service Branch |
Date of Death |
Date of Birth |
Parents |
Notes |
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Charles Ray Casto |
Fireman 1st Class |
Navy |
Dec. 7, 1941 USS Oklahoma Pearl Harbor, Hawaii enlisted from ND |
Feb. 19, 1921 (from death certificate) |
David Gay and Mary A. Casto (Charles was the older brother) Galio David Casto and Mary Alice Eddy
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Photo on FAG |
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Richard Eugene Casto |
Fireman 2nd Class |
Navy |
Dec. 7, 1941 |
Sep. 28, 1922 East Liverpool, Columbiana Co., OH (from death certificate) |
David Gay and Mary A. Casto
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Clyde R. Casto |
Master Sergeant |
Army |
1944* (not confirmed) |
1897* |
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David E. Casto |
Staff Sergeant |
Army |
June 6, 1944 D-Day |
Mar 15 1919 |
Otto V. Casto and Odressa Hinkle Casto |
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James A. Casto, Jr. |
Private First Class |
Army |
April 30, 1945 Lorraine, France (buried there) |
1923—native of Roane Co. |
James A. Sr. (~1887) and Carrie Barnhouse(~1903) married ~1920 |
506th Parachute Infantry 101st; enlisted April 15, 1941; 1930 Roane Co Census |
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Jennings Joseph Casto |
Private |
Army |
Oct. 3, 1944 buried Casto Cem., Mt. Olive Ridge, Jackson Co. |
April 24, 1924 |
John Casto and Virginia Scarberry; spouse Audra Mae Dillon |
of Jackson Co. |
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Orvie O. Casto, Jr. |
Second Lieutenant |
Army |
Jan. 2, 1945 (plane crash in England) |
About 1924 |
Orvie (Orville) Odell and Lydia Isabelle Howard |
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Ray R. Casto |
Private |
Army |
Died as German POW April 1945 |
Sept. 14, 1911 |
Perry & Laura (Keefer) Casto; Spouse Mary Russell Casto |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_GhYOf-PQU Also see Findagrave! |
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Stanley E. Casto |
Private |
Army |
April 13, 1945, vic. South of Volkringhausen, Germany (Reduction of the Ruhr Pocket) |
1922 |
William Granville Casto and Alice, Ewington, OH—spouse was Betty Dunfee |
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Virgil Clarence Casto |
Private First Class |
Army |
Mar. 24, 1945 near Lingenfeld Germany—buried in Lorraine |
April 27, 1918 |
George L. Casto and Osa Young |
Wife was Geneva Madge Marshall; Kanawha Co. |
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William E. Casto |
Private |
Army |
May 5, 1943—Jap POW—buried Arlington—interred 10-20-48
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Nov. 9, 1919 |
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PVT AGF-60TH CAC HG BATTERY, USA (Army Ground Forces, 60th Coast Artillery Corp, JAPANESE WWII POW Camp Fukuoka #17 - Omuta Casto, William E.,Pvt,15017131,CAC,43.05.05,Chronic enteritis http://www.mansell.com/pow_resources/camplists/osaka/tanagawa/tanagawa_death_alpha.htm
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William Harrison Casto |
Seaman 1st Class |
Navy |
July 30, 1945 - Fort William McKinley, Manila, the Philippines |
Jan. 20, 1919 |
William & Lula Casto |
Wife Evelyn Jane; Monroe, MI; age 26 |
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William Monroe Casto |
Private First Class |
Marine |
Nov 20, 1943 |
5-19-1922 |
Benjamin and Castella Taylor Casto |
Mrs. Castella A. Legg, mother; Raleigh Co. |
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Monnie C. Casto* |
Army Pvt |
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7-9-1944—buried White Pine Church Cem., Jackson Co., WV |
7-5-1911 (FAG photo 7-3-1911) |
Died of pancreatic cancer— |
WV Memory Project—WVCulture webstie—lists Monnie—service #35077303 |