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ALFRED MCCULLOUGH
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 2, 1935 – June 6, 1968
Service recordAlfred McCullough, of Cambra, Pennsylvania, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 2, 1935
- Home of record
- Cambra, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 9
- NORMAN LAFOREST MCKENNEYPetty Officer Second Class · June 6, 1968
- LARRY HAROLD MORGANSpecialist Five · June 6, 1968
- WILLIAM T MORRIS IIILieutenant (junior grade) · June 6, 1968
- ANDREW PERRY JRCorporal · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD ERWIN CRUCEPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 27
- ROGER WILLIAM SHIPLEYSergeant · Panel 59W, Line 14
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.