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CULLEN GEORGE STARNES JR
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
March 7, 1930 – September 29, 1967
Service recordCullen George Starnes JR, of Mcrae, Georgia, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 29, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 32
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Vma A-4 Qualified (I) (7501)
- Born
- March 7, 1930
- Home of record
- Mcrae, Georgia (Telfair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 32
- ROBERT JEREMIAH SMITHCorporal · September 29, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL SUNDAYSpecialist Five · September 29, 1967
- GEORGE HENRY ULRICHCorporal · September 29, 1967
- BENNETT G WILDERChief Warrant Officer 3 · September 29, 1967
From Mcrae
- LAMAR HORNEPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- CLAUDE FRANKLIN VAUGHNSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
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.