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SGT John Cleburne Culin III was born in Charlottesville, Virginia in October 1896 the eldest of 6 children that would be born to John Cleburne and Lillian Emily (Molter) Culin. His father was a cutter and tailor. The family lived in Washington, West Virginia and Charleston, South Carolina before returning to Charlottesville where John's father would die on 2 Oct 1918.
John was assigned to C Company 116th Infantry and was killed in action on 17 Oct 1918. SGT Culin rests forever in the
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery.
His grandfather, John Cleburn Culin was a CPT in A Company 19th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War.
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