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LEON THOMAS CULVERHOUSE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 10, 1951 – June 3, 1969
Service recordLeon Thomas Culverhouse, of Torrance, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 3, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 51
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- January 10, 1951
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 51
- DAVID FELIX BURCHAirman First Class · June 3, 1969
- JIMMY DEAN CUMBEESpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- ROBERT DALE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1969
- WILLIAM ANTHONY DUNAJSpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 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.