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MARK JAMES CULLEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1948 – December 8, 1967
Service recordMark James Cullen, of Niagara Falls, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 63
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Niagara Falls, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 31E, Line 63
- KENNETH ROGER BENJAMINSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
- LARRY HUTTON BOWERSSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
- HUBERT CLAYTON CARTERPlatoon Sergeant · December 8, 1967
- RICHARD LESTER DENNISSergeant First Class · December 8, 1967
From Niagara Falls
- GILBERT MICHAEL NICKLASPrivate First Class · November 14, 1965
- RONALD TERRANCE TERRYStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- GARY LLOYD HENDERSONCorporal · March 9, 1966
- CHARLES CLINTON CURTIS JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL JAMES NEWMAN JRCorporal · March 21, 1967
- JOHN PAUL BOBOSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1967
- WALTER JAMES PTASNICKCorporal · April 15, 1967
- DAVID FRITZ BITTENBENDERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- THOMAS WALTER SITEKLieutenant Commander · August 23, 1967
- ROBERT TAYLORLance Corporal · September 27, 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.