25 June 2011
US Army First Lieutenant Dimitri A. Del Castillo was killed in action on 25th June 2011 in Kunar, Afghanistan during an engagement with enemy forces who attacked his unit with small arms fire.
1Lt. Del Castillo, age 24, served with the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, based at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
He was engaged to Katie Pulliam, a fellow graduate of the Military Academy at West Point. They planned to marry in May 2012 in Tampa, where 1Lt. Del Castillo's parents live.
His body arrived at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware on Monday 27th June.
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