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CASIMIR KULIK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 30, 1948 – December 12, 1969
Service recordCasimir Kulik, of East Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 51
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 30, 1948
- Home of record
- East Detroit, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15W, Line 51
- ARLYN LORANZ LAMPERTCorporal · December 12, 1969
- THOMAS VINCENT MARCHESEPrivate First Class · December 12, 1969
- JOSEPH LOUIS MENDOZASergeant · December 12, 1969
- WILLIAM CARL WHITLATCH JRSergeant · December 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CARL WHITLATCH JRSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 51
From East Detroit
- CHARLES AUGUST KRONBERGSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- GEORGE DAVID WHITELAWCorporal · February 25, 1968
- RONNIE LEE OBNEYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- DONALD KENT MCLEANSergeant · February 7, 1969
- CHARLES FRANCIS COOKSergeant · March 28, 1969
- PATRICK TRACYFireman · March 8, 1970
- KENNETH STANLEY GNIEWEKCorporal · September 5, 1970
- RICHARD LENARD HAMILTONPrivate First Class · February 26, 1971
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.