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RICHARD IVORY CULLEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 25, 1947 – May 23, 1968
Service recordRichard Ivory Cullen, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 7
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)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Greensburg, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 7
- BILLY CHAPMANSpecialist Four · May 23, 1968
- ISOM CARTER COCHRAN JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- JOHN LEMOINE COONStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- JAMES RUSSELL CORDERPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ULMER MCALISTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 66E, Line 11
- JAMES ALLEN SMITHCorporal · Panel 67E, Line 2
- DANIEL FRANCIS THOMPSONSergeant · Panel 67E, Line 3
From Greensburg
- EDWARD JOHN GINTERSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT EARL STAUFFERSergeant · June 20, 1967
- TIMOTHY MORGAN DICKCorporal · December 11, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL GALATAPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- CHARLES KENTON BURKART JRLance Corporal · June 22, 1968
- VINCENT PISCAR JRLance Corporal · July 19, 1968
- GEORGE ROBERT GARRISPrivate · March 15, 1969
- FRED DEAN HIGHBERGER JRSergeant · October 26, 1969
- MICHAEL STEPHEN HRUTKAYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1969
- LARRY DALE PALMERSpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
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.