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RICHARD LEE CULLEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 12, 1939 – February 2, 1968
Service recordRichard Lee Cullen, of Mason City, Iowa, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 12, 1939
- Home of record
- Mason City, Iowa (Cerro Gordo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 68
- LARRY MONROE CLARKSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- PAUL RAYMOND COLLETT JRCorporal · February 2, 1968
- DAVID WAYNE CRARYPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- JOHN PAUL CULPSecond Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DELFERD BENJAMIN DUNIFERSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 69
- GARY RAY FITCHSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 70
- RENE ZAROGOZA HERNANDEZCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 74
- HUGH R MCKIBBIN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 79
- CHARLES THOMAS PARKERSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 81
- THOMAS MICHAEL ROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 84
- JAMES DOUGLAS VANHOOKPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 1
From Mason City
- NICKOLAS RAY KOEHLERLance Corporal · May 8, 1965
- JACK LLEWELLYN JAMESPrivate First Class · February 19, 1966
- GLENN RAYMOND MORRISON JRLieutenant Colonel · October 26, 1966
- JOHN ELLSWORTH QUAMPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM WESTPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- JOHN HOLGER WRISBERG IIISpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- LLOYD HARMSPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- GEORGE JOHNSONCorporal · August 25, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- ANTHONY EARL PETERSONPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
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.