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RAYMOND WALTER CULVER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1918 – September 9, 1971
Service recordRaymond Walter Culver, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 53. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 13
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Communitions Chief (31G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1918
- Home of record
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1971
- Age
- 53
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 13
- ANDREW IVAN JRMajor · May 30, 1971
- DONALD EMMETT SMITHPrivate First Class · September 8, 1971
- CHARLES CALVIN SNIDER JRStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1971
- LEROY JASON CORNWELL IIICaptain · September 10, 1971
From Colorado Springs
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- BENITO ALANIZSergeant · March 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK KIECKERLieutenant Colonel · June 17, 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.