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JOHN PATRICK CULLINAN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 3, 1944 – January 10, 1968
Service recordJohn Patrick Cullinan, of Waterbury, Connecticut, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 16
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Engineer, Construction, And Equipment Off (I) (1301)
- Born
- November 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Waterbury, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 16
- WILLIE JAMES COTTRELLStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1968
- BOBBY DEAN CRAWFORDSergeant · January 10, 1968
- DAVE CUMMINGS JRPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- DAVID CHRISTOPHER DAILYCorporal · January 10, 1968
From Waterbury
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OAKLEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1965
- RICHARD MICHAEL FACONDINIPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS SAMPTPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- ANDRE ROLAND GUILLETSenior Master Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- JUNIOR WILKERSONPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- MICHAEL AARON KIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · May 19, 1967
- BROMLEY HOWARD GERMANFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- GEORGE A LUBESKY JRSergeant · February 1, 1968
- RAY LEONARD FERRY IIILance Corporal · April 9, 1968
- LENWOOD THOMAS HARRELLPrivate First Class · May 5, 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.