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BYRON KENT KULLAND
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 9, 1947 – April 2, 1972
Service recordByron Kent Kulland, of New Town, North Dakota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 127
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 9, 1947
- Home of record
- New Town, North Dakota (Mountrail County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1972; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 127
- JAMES FREDERICK WORTHCorporal · April 1, 1972
- WAYNE LOUIS BOLTEColonel · April 2, 1972
- JOHN WESLEY FRINKWarrant Officer 1 · April 2, 1972
- ANTHONY ROBERT GIANNANGELIColonel · April 2, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WESLEY FRINKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 127
- RONALD PAGE PASCHALLSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 128
From New Town
- JAMES M LEVINGSSergeant · May 23, 1968
- ROGER EARL FOREMANSergeant · July 18, 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.