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BENJAMIN LEE MCCULLOUGH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 26, 1948 – June 7, 1969
Service recordBenjamin Lee McCullough, of Clio, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 104
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- October 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Clio, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 104
- JOEL CONRAD LOFTISAirman First Class · June 7, 1969
- STEVEN HUGH MONTGOMERYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MOTTPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- BRUCE ALAN PANKUCHPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
From Clio
- GARY LEE WEAVERLance Corporal · December 22, 1967
- JAMES RAYMOND WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · July 17, 1968
- RALPH CHARLES MUNSEYPetty Officer Second Class · April 16, 1969
- CHARLES ERVIN STEFFLERSergeant · April 15, 1970
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.