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ALAN JOSEPH KULTGEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 6, 1950 – April 22, 1970
Service recordAlan Joseph Kultgen, of Cut Bank, Montana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 36
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Cut Bank, Montana (Glacier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 36
- RONNIE LEE HENSLEYChief Master Sergeant · April 22, 1970
- ROBERT NEWELL IRELANDChief Master Sergeant · April 22, 1970
- WYMAN TRUVOY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · April 22, 1970
- JOHN SCOTT KEENANWarrant Officer 1 · April 22, 1970
From Cut Bank
- JOHN JAMES PETRIESpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.