West Virginia Pioneers
Bernard Albert Casto
1923 - 1979 (55 years)-
Name Bernard Albert Casto Born 5 Jun 1923 West Virginia, USA 
[1] Gender Male Died 12 Jan 1979 [2] Buried Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Notes
Herbert Casto, of Fairplain, received a telegram Saturday that his son, Bernard Casto, was in an army hospital in Mississippi and would be a patient there for three months or more. He had been in the African and Sicilian campaigns but the telegram gave no details of his wounds, or what had caused the injury which sent him to the hospital and the family had not learned any further particulars early this week. (Jackson Herald Friday, Oct, 1, 1943).
WWII Military Service News
At about the same time Mr. and Mrs. O.H. Casto, of Rockcastle, who have four sons in the service, received a message that their youngest son, Bernard, in a training camp in Florida had been seriously injured in the crash of a "jeep”. His condition was serious, the parents were told and his body had been crushed and at the time the message was sent a high tempature had developed and a crisis was expected in his case soon. Mrs. Casto left immediatly upon receipt of the message to be with the young son. (Friday, Jan. 21, 1944)
Social Security Death Index
Name: Bernard Casto
SSN: 236-18-8134
Last Residence: 25312 Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States of America
Born: 5 Jun 1921
Last Benefit: 25312 Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States of America
Died: Jan 1979
State (Year) SSN issued: West Virginia (Before 1951)
Person ID I62384 WVPioneers Last Modified 12 Jul 2017
Father Herbert Orville Casto, b. 11 Jan 1890, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 7 Jul 1971 (Age 81 years) Mother Lillian May Deyo, b. 17 Jul 1894, Hyde Park, New York , d. 1 Feb 1930 (Age 35 years) Married CA 1914 Notes
1920 Ripley, Jackson, WV # 14
Casto, H O 29 WV WV WV
Lilian 25 NY NY England
Laurna M da 4 Oh WV NY
Laona da 2 WV WV NY
Donald son 1 WV WV NY
1930 Ripley, Jackson, WV # 91-95
Casto, Herbert 40 wd md age 24 WV WV OH
Leuna May da 14 WVWVWV
Looma da 12
Donald O son 11
Albert B son 7
Herbert O son 2
Deyo, Ada mil 60 d WVWVWV
1940 ED 18-11, Ripley Dist, Jackson, WV p10A
#155 owns farm $blank all born WV 1935: same Jackson WV
Casto, H O 50
Eliza wife 40 born KY
Barker, Albert H ss 18
Eugene ss 8
Betty Jean sd 7
Casto, Herbert Jr son 12
Billy Leo son 4
Becky Ann da 2
Naoma Ruth da 1
Herbert Casto, of Fairplain, received a telegram Saturday that his son, Bernard Casto, was in an army hospital in Mississippi and would be a patient there for three months or more. He had been in the African and Sicilian campaigns but the telegram gave no details of his wounds, or what had caused the injury which sent him to the hospital and the family had not learned any further particulars early this week. (Jackson Herald Friday, Oct, 1, 1943).
Family ID F6884 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Esther Slater, b. 3 Aug 1923, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA , d. 24 Feb 2007, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA (Age 83 years) Married 26 Jul 1942 Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA [3] Notes
Marriage Record
Date: 7/26/1942 at Charleston
Place: Kanawha
Bernard Albert Casto, 21, Jackson, Ft Bragg, NC
Esther Slater, 19, Kanawha, Charleston
Clark Cemetery Located on Kelley's Creek 8-1/2 miles from Sissonville High School.
Casto Bernard Albert (PFC US ARMY WW II) b. June 5, 1923 d. Jan. 12, 1979
Casto Jackie Lee b. Aug. 16, 1944 d. Feb. 9, 1967
Children 1. Jackie Lee Casto, b. 16 Aug 1944, d. 9 Feb 1967 (Age 22 years) 2. Kathy Casto 3. Clyde Casto Family ID F23256 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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