JOHN PAUL CULP
Company D 1/22 Infantry
4th Infantry Division
KIA 02/02/1968
2LT Culp was assigned to Battery
B, 4th Battalion, 42nd Artillery, 4th Infantry Division.
He was killed in action while serving as a Forward Observer with
Company D, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry,
during the Battle of Kontum, Tet Offensive 1968.
Age: 25
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth May 10, 1942
From: LANCASTER, SC
Religion: BAPTIST
Marital Status: Married
2LT - O1 - Army - Reserve
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 1193: Field Artillery Unit Commander
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Nov 1, 1967
Casualty was on Feb 2, 1968
In , SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died of wounds, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
Body was recovered
Panel 36E - Line 68
John Culp was wounded during the
fight at the MACV Advisory Compound in Kontum City on February 2,
and was evacuated to the 71st Evacuation Hospital at Pleiku where
he later died.
LT John P. Culp's decorations
LT John Culp in Vietnam
Photo courtesy of William Koontz Btry C 4/42 Artillery and 1/22 Infantry
John Paul Culp is buried at Memorial Park, Lancaster,SC.
Grave marker for John Paul Culp
Monument at Lancaster Memorial Park
John P. Culp's name on the memorial
The website is grateful to David Olsen Trp A 3rd Sq 4th Cav 25th ID for much of the above photos and information
For a tribute to John Paul Culp click on the following link:
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