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JIMMY LEE CULWELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 17, 1949 – January 29, 1969
Service recordJimmy Lee Culwell, of Lubbock, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 13
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Lubbock, Texas (Lubbock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33W, Line 13
- HUGH ELROY BEST IIIFirst Lieutenant · January 29, 1969
- DAVID FRANK CLEEREMANLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- WILLIAM DALEYLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- JESSE LEONARD ELLISPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
From Lubbock
- CHARLES DON WITTLieutenant · May 24, 1967
- WAYLEN LEE POWELLSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- JACK ALBERT BERRYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOE LOVATO JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- JOSE LOUIS MORENOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- WADE E THACKREY JRCorporal · February 15, 1968
- FREDRIC CECIL MCCASKILLPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- CLIFFORD WAYNE FIESZELLieutenant Colonel · September 30, 1968
- RAYMOND MARSHALL TANNERSpecialist Five · October 27, 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.