John Rolfe Castleman

1895 - 1983  (88 years)

• Name	John Rolfe Castleman
  Birth	1 May 1895	Berryville, Clarke, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 May 1983	Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia
  Person ID	I9073	The Road to Here
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	John Castleman,   b. 2 Aug 1846   d. 4 Mar 1908 (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Laura Lee Francis,   b. 7 Oct 1851   d. 7 Jun 1911 (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	26 Oct 1871
  Family ID	F3161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Jaquelin Smith,   b. 24 Aug 1899   d. 19 Feb 1973 (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	6 Sep 1924
  Children	1. John Rolfe Castleman,   b. 2 Oct 1925   d. Aug 1983 (Age 57 years)   2. Lucile Thompson Castleman,   b. 22 Aug 1927   d. 18 Jul 2018 (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F3162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2023

  
  

• Notes

  The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant (Air Service) John R. Castleman, United States Army Air Service, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 99th Aero Squadron, U.S. Army Air Service, A.E.F., near Romagne, France, 5 October 1918. In spite of being attacked by seven enemy planes, type Fokker, and later by five type Pfalz, Lieutenant Castleman successfully accomplished a photographic mission 6 kilometers behind the German lines, without protection, and also destroyed two of the enemy planes.