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SYLVESTER MCCULLOUGH
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 28, 1933 – February 19, 1968
Service recordSylvester McCullough, of New York, New York, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 19, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 28, 1933
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 26
- HERMAN MCKINNIECorporal · February 19, 1968
- THOMAS JON MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · February 19, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD MULLINSFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1968
- RICHARD DUANE ODAFFERHospitalman · February 19, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.