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PHILIP LEE CULVER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 7, 1947 – May 7, 1968
Service recordPhilip Lee Culver, of South Ashfield, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 21
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 7, 1947
- Home of record
- South Ashfield, Massachusetts (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 21
- JERRY WAYNE CLARKPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- AMBROSE WILKIE J CLAY JRSergeant · May 7, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH COOKPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE CORLEYPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MICHAEL CAMPBELLSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 20
- THOMAS GORESergeant First Class · Panel 56E, Line 24
- HARRY GLENN KOYLSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 26
- WARREN MICHAEL KIRSCHSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 27
- DALTON HUBERT MCWATERSCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 28
- THOMAS WAYNE MYERSCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 28
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.