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KARL HOWARD CULP
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 13, 1950 – April 16, 1969
Service recordKarl Howard Culp, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 93
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- October 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “E CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 93
- CARLYLE MILLER BOWDEN IIIPrivate First Class · April 16, 1969
- WILLIAM OMER BURKETTCaptain · April 16, 1969
- WAYNE EUGENE BYRNEPrivate First Class · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD FINANLance Corporal · April 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALTER EDWARD GIERMAN IILance Corporal · Panel 27W, Line 94
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.