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RICHARD MARVIN KULAVIK
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 9, 1937 – February 17, 1969
Service recordRichard Marvin Kulavik, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 49
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 9, 1937
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 49
- HAROLD HERBERT HLADIKSpecialist Four · February 17, 1969
- DENNIS JAMES KANELance Corporal · February 17, 1969
- DICKIE GAYLE KEELERLance Corporal · February 17, 1969
- DONALD LEE KUJAWACorporal · February 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JAMES HALLSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 50
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.