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JAMES RONALD CULWELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 16, 1950 – November 15, 1969
Service recordJames Ronald Culwell, of Plain City, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 78
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
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- January 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Plain City, Ohio (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 78
- ARTHUR NORMAN WELCHLance Corporal · November 14, 1969
- CHARLES RAY ALEXPrivate First Class · November 15, 1969
- DEE OKEY NELSON CANADYStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1969
- RONALD LLOYD DUCOMMUNSpecialist Four · November 15, 1969
From Plain City
- CALVIN EUGENE NEWELLCorporal · April 18, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD PRICESergeant · March 14, 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.