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JOHN PAUL CULP
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 10, 1942 – February 2, 1968
Service recordJohn Paul Culp, of Lancaster, South Carolina, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Lancaster, South Carolina (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 68
- LARRY MONROE CLARKSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- PAUL RAYMOND COLLETT JRCorporal · February 2, 1968
- DAVID WAYNE CRARYPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- RICHARD LEE CULLENFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAN ROYCE GILLHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 72
- DELBERT LEON REESESpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 83
- EMMETT LEE YORK JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 2
From Lancaster
- DEWEY WILLIAM KELLEYStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1966
- PATRICK DONOVAN LUCASSpecialist Four · July 15, 1967
- ERNEST ELIJAH POLSTONPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- MICHAEL S LANEFirst Lieutenant · February 5, 1968
- RICHARD EDWIN WALTERSSecond Lieutenant · November 19, 1969
- CLARENCE EUGENE BAKERSergeant · November 30, 1970
- TED JAMES TAYLORCaptain · July 15, 1971
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.