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ALFONZIE CULVER
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 7, 1947 – October 11, 1967
Service recordAlfonzie Culver, of Elba, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 88
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Elba, Alabama (Coffee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 88
- HARRY EVERETT DRESHER JRSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- RANDOLPH DUVALL JRLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FLICKINGERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- VERNON LYNN HARTMAN JRPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
From Elba
- JOSEPH M MOOREFirst Sergeant · December 28, 1966
- DELACY GRAYPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- CHARLIE FRANK LEEStaff Sergeant · March 2, 1968
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.