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DENNIS OWEN CULLUM
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 1, 1947 – May 17, 1968
Service recordDennis Owen Cullum, of Cushing, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 1
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Cushing, Oklahoma (Payne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 1
- ALBERT JOHN CAMPESTREPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- ALLEN WESLEY COURTNEY JRFirst Lieutenant · May 17, 1968
- DAVID AUSTIN COXLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- THOMAS HIRAM CROOKPrivate · May 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ANTHONY BIFARETI JRSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 23
- KENNETH CLAY BERRIERPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 24
- REGINALD ALONZO BOWMANSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 24
- JAMES NORRIS DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 2
- STANLEY ROY DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 62E, Line 2
- DENNIS LEE EVERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 62E, Line 3
- TIMOTHY MCKEE HAMILTONSergeant · Panel 62E, Line 5
- GERALD THOMAS LEBLANCPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 7
- MARIO FOWLER MUSE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 9
- AARON LEE WOODPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 14
- CHARLES LUTHER YOUNGSergeant First Class · Panel 62E, Line 14
From Cushing
- JERRY MONROE MCWHORTERSergeant · March 22, 1966
- RAYMOND DALE RHAMYPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- ROBERT HARRIS BRUNSLance Corporal · December 4, 1967
- ROBERT DON FAIRESSpecialist Four · January 26, 1968
- DENNIS RAY MASONPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- DANNY GENE WESTPrivate First Class · October 28, 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.