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Castilloux Harry

Name:
Harry Castilloux
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
36895836
Unit:
350th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1944-10-04
State:
Michigan
Cemetery:
Cadillac Memorial Gardens East Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Silver Star; Purple Heart; Remains Recovered
Comments:

Private Harry Castilloux served in Company L, 350th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division during he Second World War. During the Battle of Monte Battaglia on 4/5 October 1944, during an enemy counter-attack, he was killed listed as missing in action (MIA). His named was inscribed on the Florence American Cemetery Tablets of Missing. His body was located and exhumed in 1998 and he was positively identified in 1999. PVT Castilloux name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Florence Memorial. When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite. In 2000, he was reburied in the family burial plot in Michigan.