COSTELLO RUSSELL RALPH

Name: CW2 Russell Ralph Costello
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 09/04/1970 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 44.2
Date of Birth: 07/10/1926
Home City: Warrington, FL
Service: TC branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: USARV FLT DET
Major organization: USARV
Service: TC branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 07W-037
Short Summary: Ground casualty.
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 561E = Mate
Primary cause: Need to Verify
Compliment cause: drowning
Started Tour: 06/13/1970
"Official" listing: ground casualty
The initial status of this person was: no previous report
Length of service: *
Location: Gia Dinh Province III Corps.
Reason: drowned or suffocated
Casualty type: Non-hostile - died of other causes
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Roman Catholic
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: warrant officer
This record was last updated on 08/20/1995

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Date posted on this site: 09/07/2007