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JOHNIE KING CULBREATH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 9, 1944 – May 11, 1965
Service recordJohnie King Culbreath, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- May 9, 1944
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 113
- DUDLEY WAYNE MAYOSeaman · May 10, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- HENRY ALBERT DEUTSCHCaptain · May 11, 1965
- JHUE FRANK PRICEPrivate First Class · May 11, 1965
Same unit, same day
- HORACE EARLE YOUNGStaff Sergeant · Panel 1E, Line 114
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- JOSEPH WIGGINSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
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.