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On Behalf of a Grateful Nation
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| Robert Henry Jenkins, Jr |
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| James Neil Tycz |
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| Frank Stanley Reasoner |
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"To live in the hearts we leave behind, is never to have died."
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| Cleveland Ray Harvey First Lieutenant |
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| Ronnie Darnell Adcox |
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| James Allen Barrett |
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| James Warren Cockrell, Jr |
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| Alcadio Norber Mascarenas |
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| Joseph John Jones |
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| Harry Steven Oneto, Jr |
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| Jonathan Peter Kmetyk |
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| James Odas McKinney |
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| John Terry Adams |
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| David Vincent Delozier |
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| David Julian Gier |
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| Patrick Jay Fleming |
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| Clement B Johnston, Jr |
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| Luis Felipe Correa |
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| Jimmy Don Fulford |
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| Raymond Stanley Joy, Jr |
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| Harold Dexter Griffin |
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| Ted Whitlock |
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| Jerrald Rich Thompson |
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| Karl Howard Culp |
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Lance Corporal
E CO, 1ST RECON BN, 1ST MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
13 October 1950 - 16 April 1969
Fort Worth, Texas
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| Recon Team NAIL BRUSH was inserted onto Hill 146, some 5 kilometers west-southwest of An Hoa, on 02 Apr 1967 with orders to establish a long-term observation post to monitor NVA/VC infiltration from the mountains to the west. Originally expected to extract on 13 May, NAIL BRUSH was extended.
The NAIL BRUSH post-patrol report contains the following entry for 16 April:
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| The 1st Recon Bn SITREP for 16 April reports that one of the wounded died during or immediately after evacuation, changing the toll to 3 dead, 6 wounded. The three Marines killed by the boobytraps were
- 2ndLt Anthony E. Kupka, Falmouth, MA, patrol leader;
- LCpl Karl H. Culp, Fort Worth, TX; and
- LCpl Walter E. Gierman, Lake Worth, FL.
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Karl Howard Culp
Lance Corporal
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Fort Worth, Texas
Date of birth: Friday, 10/13/1950
MILITARY DATA
Service: Marine Corps (Regular)
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Lance Corporal
ID No: 2383051
MOS: 0311 Rifleman
LenSvc: Between 1 and 2 years
Unit: E CO, 1ST RECON BN, 1ST MARDIV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: Wednesday, 11/20/1968
Cas Date: Wednesday, 04/16/1969
Age at Loss: 18
Remains: Body recovered
Location: Quang Nam, South Vietnam
Type: Hostile, died outright
Reason: Other explosive device - Ground casualty
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My brother was a special person. We used to fight when we were growing up - he always said he was making me tough but that's kinda hard to belive in the middle of the night when you're on top of the bunkbed and he's kicking you off the top and then starts boxing your jaws! But I am glad he did that - he did make me tough and gave me a life lesson to never give up. He was very inspirational in my life; he was always there when you needed him and sometimes when you didn't ... and boy did he like to fight!
After he was killed I joined the Marines and wanted to get revenge but never made it to Vietnam. I guess that was his doing, always watching out for little Brother.
It was a devastating loss to me but I still think about him all the time and I know he is watching over me from Heaven but someday we will be together again.
Till we're together again, Brother.
Marshall
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Anthony Edward Kupka
Second Lieutenant
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Lance Corporal
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PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Falmouth, MA
Date of birth: 02/20/1946
MILITARY DATA
Service: United States Marine Corps
Grade at loss: O1
Rank: Second Lieutenant
ID No: 0106322
MOS: 0301: Basic Infantry Officer
Length Service: 03
Unit: E CO, 1ST RECON BN, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 03/16/1969
Casualty Date: 04/16/1969
Incident Date: 04/16/1969
Age at Loss: 23
Location: Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
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Home of Record: Lake Worth, FL
Date of birth: 09/18/1947
MILITARY DATA
Service: United States Marine Corps
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Lance Corporal
ID No: 2418052
MOS: 2533: Radio Telegraph Operator
Length Service: 01
Unit: E CO, 1ST RECON BN, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 03/03/1969
Casualty Date: 04/16/1969
Incident Date: 04/16/1969
Age at Loss: 21
Location: Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
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| Melvin Riley KIA 9/3/67 Delta Company |
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| Ervin Lovell On Left KIA 5/14/67 Alpha Co. |
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| Bill Clark on left KIA 8-4-1970 2nd squad 6th platoon, 1st Force Recon Co. Team IP SWITCH Submitted by Arthur Bradshaw on right. |
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1st RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION
HONORED DEAD
VIET NAM 1965-1973
LCpl John Terry Adams, Navy Cross, LCpl Ronnie Darnell Adcox; Gy Sgt Lemuel Lenoel Alewine; Cpl Anthony Allen; Pfc Ronald Carlis Anderson; Pfc James Allen Angermiller; Pfc Robert Laymon Armitage; SSgt Doyle, Atkins; LCpl Charles Leon Atkison; SSgt Darrell Eugene Ayers, Navy Cross; Pvt Bartolome Alfonso Baldera; Capt Eric Marvin Barnes; Sgt Joe Wilson Barnes; 2nd Lt Robert Crozier Barnes, Jr; LCpl James Allen Barrett; LCpl Lance Bryan Barton; 2nd Lt Larry Monroe Beck; LCpl Michael James Beck; Cpl Frank Joseph Beltran; Sgt James Bingenheimer; Cpl Roger Wayne Bishop; LCpl Gary Paul Bland; Sgt Godfred Blankenship; Pfc William Joseph Boland, Jr; LCpl Jimmy Booker; LCpl Frank Joseph Bosco; Pfc Barry Bernard Broerman; Pfc Curtis Charles Brown; Cpl Roger Vincent Paul Burke; Pfc Calvin Franklin Butterfield; Pfc Darrell Edward Campanello; LCpl James William Caputo; LCpl Evangelos K. Caranasios; Pfc Ignatius Carlisi; Pfc Gary Lee Carlson; Hm Loring William Carper, Jr; Pfc Lawrence Edward Clark; LCpl William Martin Clark; 1st Lt James Warren Cockrell Jr; Capt William Patrick Coll; Pfc Lawrence Henry Collier; Cpl Luis Felipe Correa; LCpl Francis Joseph Coulombe; Pfc Arthur Coby Councill, III; LCpl William Lloyd Crawford; Pfc Robert Lincoln Crites Jr; LCpl Karl Howard Culp; Capt John Dudley Dalhouse; Hm2 Russell Glen Daniels; LCpl Jerry Frederick De Gray; Pfc Donald Bing Dean; LCpl Kenneth Lamar Deavers, Jr; LCpl David Vincent Delozier; LCpl David Alan Dennis; Sgt Roy Geread Dorsett; LCpl Jean Pierre Dowling; Pfc Kenneth Lee Drew; 2nd Lt Shelton Lee Eakin; Pfc Marcus Richard Eckenrode; LCpl Terrece Eugene Edgar; Cpl Richard Wayne Evans; Pfc Larry Freeman Faulkner; 2nd Lt Thomas Bernard Ferguson; LCpl, Patrick Jay Fleming; LCpl Victor James, Ford; LCpl Jimmy Don Fulford; LCpl Donald Gagne; LCpl Marcial Bondoc Garcia; Pfc David Julian Gier; LCpl Walter Edward Gierman II; Pfc Franklin Delano R Gilbert;Pfc Robert Earl Gill; LCpl William Alan Gilmore; Pfc Thomas Duane Glawe; Hm 3 Louis Lloyd Goers; Pfc Charles Henry Goldmeyer; Cpl Thomas Walter Goszewski; 1stLt Arthur Powell Gray IV; Pvt Arthur Willie Greene; Cpl Harold Dexter Griffin; Sgt Edwin Russell Grissett Jr; Cpl William Allen Guillory; Pfc James Oscar Hall Jr; SSgt Kenneth Robert Hall; Pfc Robert Alan Haney; Pfc William Hixson Hardwick; LCpl Charles Edward Harris; 1stLt Cleveland Ray Harvey; LCpl John Harrison Hawley; LCpl Charles Thomas Heinemeier; LCpl Felipe Herrera, Navy Cross; Sgt Glen Ray Hicks; LCpl Joseph Arnold Hill; LCpl Jimmy Ray Holkem; LCpl Ray Earl Hombel; Sgt Roe Hopson Jr; Pfc Alton House; LCpl Gary Duane Hudson; Sgt James Edmond Huff; LCpl Charles Frank Huff; SSgt William Burdick Hughes; LCpl Donald Gene Jackson; LCpl Chester Jarmolinski Jr; Pfc Thomas Edward Jennings; Sgt Alan Theodore Jensen; Sgt Larry Allen Johnson; Pfc Ralph Henry Johnson, Medal of Honor; 2ndLt Richard S Johnson Jr; Cpl William D Johnson Jr; LCpl Clement B Johnston Jr, Navy Cross; LCpl James Howard Jones; Sgt Joseph John Jones; Cpl Raymond Stanley Joy; Major Daniel James Keating Jr; LCpl Ronald Frederick Kitzke; LCpl Jonathan Peter Kmetyk; 2nd Lt Kenneth Arthur Kubik; LCpl John Vincent, Kuchta; 2nd Lt Anthony Edward Kupka; Hm Bruce Stephen La Porte; 2nd Lt John Hayes Lakin; Hm2 Michael Louis Laporte; Pfc Roger Minett Lay; SSgt Carl Robert Leed; Lt Col William Groom Leftwich Jr, Navy Cross; Hm 3 Earl Roger Lerch; Pfc Durand Garfield Liggett; Pfc Ervin Lovell; Cpl Joseph Walter Lyons; Cpl Randall Paul Manela; Pfc Lawrence Martin; 2nd Lt William Everett Martin; LCpl Alcadio Norber Mascarenas; Pfc John Arthur McIntosh; Pfc James Odas McKinney; Pfc Francis McLaughlin; Capt Lavoy Don McVey; Pfc Rene Medeguari; Cpl Daniel Lee Mitchell; Cpl Frank James Montez; LCpl William Charles Moon; LCpl William Robert Moore; LCpl Jimmy Lee Moore; Pfc Douglas Ronald Mowbray; Cpl Michael George Murdock; Pfc Dennis Gerard Murphy; Cpl Patrick James Murphy; LCpl Harold Earl Musselman; Pfc Dennis Jerrod Oliver; Cpl Harry Steven Oneto Jr; Pfc Gary Varner Orsland; LCpl Ronald Matthew Padilla; LCpl George Willard Patterson; Pfc Jeffery Scott Patterson; Hm Henry Ellwood Pearce II; LCpl Dale Allen Pennington; Sgt Robert Crain Phleger; LCpl Charles Alfred Pope; Sgt Gerald Leland Poppa; LCpl James Earl Prideaux; LCpl Gary Wayne Ragsdale; SSgt William George Rash; 1st Lt Henry Porter Rathmell; LCpl Edward Harold Rauch; Pfc Ronald Lee Reed; LCpl John Owen Rhodes; Pfc Harry Lee Riley Jr; LCpl Melvin Joseph Riley Jr; Cpl Michael Bernard Robinson; Pfc Timothy Charles Robinson; Pfc Robert Lee Rogers; LCpl Joseph Michael Romero; SSgt, Jose Antonio Rosas; Pfc Leonard Dale Rose; Sgt Robert Charles Rudd; 2nd Lt William G. Schanck Jr; LCpl Paul Scheckler; Cpl Joseph William Schuster; Cpl Robert Laurence Shafer; 1st Lt Charles W. Sharman III; Pfc Craig Stephen Shelton; LCpl Fay Clyde Simmons III; Cpl Edward Junior Simons; Pfc James Walter Sincere: Pfc Larry James Sinegal; LCpl Ronald Paul Sisson; 2nd Lt David William Skibbe, Navy Cross; 2nd Lt John Edward Slater; Pfc Edward Francis Smith; LCpl Michael Ray Smith; Pfc Scott Gary Smith; 1st Lt Walter J. Spainhour Jr; Cpl James Carl Spinuzzi; Sgt Robert French Starbuck; LCpl Thomas Raymond Steinbach; Pfc John Marvin Stenberg; Cpl John Frank Stockman; 2nd Lt Larry George Stone; LCpl Luther Tony Stowe; Sgt Charles Deveaux Tannehill; Pfc Gilbert Thibeault; Pfc Larry Edward Thomas; Cpl Jerrald Rich Thompson; GySgt Vincent Robert Thornburg; Cpl Gary Dean Tisdall; Cpl Orlando Torres-Oyola; Cpl Randy Gene Totten; Hm3 Robert Louis Tracy; LCpl Robert Eugene Tucker; Sgt Dennis Elmer Ulstad; Pfc James Lee Urnes; Pfc Tony Vale; Cpl Sherman Dale Vance; Cpl Fernando Villasana; Sgt Craig Leslie Walton; Pfc Peter Joseph Weidemier; LCpl Richard Anthony Weil Jr; LCpl Terry Michael Westergard; LCpl Russell Desmond,Whelchel; Pfc Theodore Jay Whitlock; Sgt David Joseph Wikander; Pfc David Hunter Wilkerson; LCpl Ronald Anthony Williams; Cpl James Ronald Willis; Pfc Daniel Earl Winters; LCpl Thomas Duane Worrel; Pvt Craig Martin Yancey; and Hm Richard WoodrowYates.
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| Robert Alan Haney August 30, 1969 |
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| Thanks for stopping by today... |
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| David William Skibbe March 2nd, 1970 |
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NOW SLEEP
Peace has come.
Now you can truly sleep my son.
The muddy field where you were laid
Flag-draped, will now be green.
Redbud and cherry blossoms can be seen
Soon in bloom above your head.
Arlington's Eternal Flame
Flickers across granite rows
To illuminate your name;
And then beneath it (with lightning's calm)
Strikes in black the word
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