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DURWOOD CAULDER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 12, 1950 – July 27, 1968
Service recordDurwood Caulder, of Florence, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 17
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Florence, South Carolina (Florence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 17
- WILLIAM ALBERT ATWELLLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH AUCOINPetty Officer Third Class · July 27, 1968
- THEODORE NICHOLAS BOLAKSpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
- FRANK EUGENE FULLERTONCommander · July 27, 1968
From Florence
- SYLVESTER JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- JOHNNY WILLIAM LLEWELLYNStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1966
- EARL MATTHEWS JRStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- HUGH WILLIAM WELLONSFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- EDDIE BOYD COOKE JRStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1966
- ANTHONY L FRANKSLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
- HAZEL H HUMPHRIES IIICorporal · August 9, 1967
- MARION LEE MEGGSLance Corporal · November 16, 1967
- ROLAND K DAVISMajor · January 25, 1968
- HARLEY B HACKETT IIICaptain · July 24, 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.