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JERRY WENDELL MCCULLOUGH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 5, 1946 – September 16, 1966
Service recordJerry Wendell McCullough, of Covington, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 16, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 99
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
- April 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Covington, Tennessee (Tipton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 99
- LEONARD WITCHER IIILance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH ANGELIDESCorporal · September 16, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- BERNARD L BLITCHSpecialist Five · September 16, 1966
From Covington
- RONALD GORDON SMITHSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- JAMES ALAN WILKSSpecialist Four · October 27, 1969
- BILLY WAYNE GLASSLance Corporal · April 19, 1970
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.