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ALLEN ROSS CULPEPPER
Captain · U.S. Army
July 21, 1944 – May 18, 1969
Service recordAllen Ross Culpepper, of Minden, Louisiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 39
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 7 BN 9 ARTY 54 ARTY GRP
- Born
- July 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Minden, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 39
- CHARLES JOSEPH CUDLIKESpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH DEMARINISCorporal · May 18, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT DIMOCK JRFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1969
- DOUGLAS MCARTHUR EVANSFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1969
From Minden
- BILLY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- JAMES RONALD GARCIASpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- PHILLIP MURRY MYLESPrivate First Class · July 27, 1967
- WILLIE PURFOY SEAMSTERLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- GEORGE ALLEN BRANCHLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN FLOYDLance Corporal · March 1, 1969
- PAUL DOUGLAS DUKESCorporal · August 31, 1969
- JAMES WOOD MEGEHEEStaff Sergeant · September 7, 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.