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PATRICK ELVIN MCCULLOUGH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 15, 1949 – February 7, 1969
Service recordPatrick Elvin McCullough, of Clearwater, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 77
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Clearwater, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 77
- GARY JOSEPH COYLEPrivate First Class · February 7, 1969
- ROBERT MALCUM DAVENPORTSergeant · February 7, 1969
- RICHARD LARRY DAVISPrivate First Class · February 7, 1969
- RICHARD AUGUSTINE DELEIDICaptain · February 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDGAR LEESergeant · Panel 33W, Line 79
- LARRY STEVENSONSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 82
- DARREL THOMAS SWANSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 82
From Clearwater
- DARRELL STEVE LOVECorporal · November 2, 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.