West Virginia Pioneers
William Monroe Casto
1922 - 1943 (21 years)-
Name William Monroe Casto Nickname Billy Born 19 May 1922 West Virginia, USA 
[1] Gender Male Died 23 Nov 1943 Tarawa [2] Buried Hawaii, USA Notes
World War II Young American Patriots, 1941-1945
Name: William Monroe Casto
Rank: Private First Class
Branch: United States Marine Corps
Birth Date: 19 May 1922
Service Date: Dec 1940
Parent 1 Name: Mr.
Parent 2 Name: Mrs. B A Casto
State: West Virginia
County: Fayette
Honolulu, Hawaii, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl), 1941-2011 Record for William Monroe Casto
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Casto, William Monroe
Private First Class - USMC - WV
*West Virginia Memory Project
http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/vetdetail.aspx?Id=3935
West Virginia Veterans Database Record Detail
Item Details: Record Id: 3935
War: WWII
Name: William M Casto
Sex: M
Race:
County: Raleigh
Community: Norvell
Branch of Service: Marines
Rank: PFC
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Date of Death: 1943/11/23
Place of Death: Tarawa [an island southeast of the Marshall Islands. . .bb]
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Date of Birth: 1922/5/19
Place of Birth:
Father:
B A
Mother: Castella A
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Date Added to Memorial: Original
Source: WV Vet Mem Application Form; Young American Patriots; Montgomery News - posthumous Purple Heart - 1944/3/8
Notes: Young American Patriots lists him from Fayette Co and the article lists him from Fayetteville
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Person ID I96999 WVPioneers Last Modified 11 Mar 2015
Father Benjamin Averil Casto, b. 22 Feb 1899, Roane County, West Virginia, USA , d. 12 Jan 1982, Citrus County, Florida (Age 82 years) Mother Castella A Taylor, b. CA 1904, Fayette County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown Married 24 Dec 1920 Fayette County, West Virginia, USA [3] Divorced Bef Apr 1935 Notes
Marriage Record
Date: 24 Dec 1920
Place: Secoma, Fayette, West Virginia
Benj. A. Casto, 21, Roane, Secoma, WB & Sarah
Castella A. Taylor, 16, Fayette, Secoma, JM & Ella
1940 Sewell Mountain, Fayette, WV
Owned farm $2500
all born WV 1935: same house
Casto, Ben 44
Lucy 32
Billie son 17
Tommy son 15
Rollins, Martin lodger 17 s WV 1935: rural Kanawha Co
Elsie lodger's sister 7 WV 1935: rural Kanawha Co
Family ID F24898 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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