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RONALD KENNETH CULLERS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 25, 1942 – July 15, 1966
Service recordRonald Kenneth Cullers, of Shelbina, Missouri, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 15, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 23
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Engineer Officer (I) (1302)
- Born
- July 25, 1942
- Home of record
- Shelbina, Missouri (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1966; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 23
- MICHAEL ALFRED CUNNIONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- RICHARD WILFRED DEMERSLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- MARK V DENNISPetty Officer Third Class · July 15, 1966
- WILLIAM LOWELL DOUGLAS JRCorporal · July 15, 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.