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RICHARD THOMAS CULP
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 7, 1948 – January 17, 1969
Service recordRichard Thomas Culp, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 17, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 22
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 22
- ALBERT JACKSON DAVISStaff Sergeant · January 17, 1969
- JAMES GREGORY DAVISSergeant · January 17, 1969
- ROGER ALLEN DIXONPrivate First Class · January 17, 1969
- CLARENCE EDWARD ELLISPrivate First Class · January 17, 1969
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
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.