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{{Soldier
|lede_on_page=1
|asn=36160021
|asn=36160021
|surname=Culp
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|middle=B.
|middle=B.
|class_section=6A
|class_section=6A
|class_rank=Cpl
|class_rank=Corporal
|birth_year=1920
|birth_year=1920
|death_year=1944
|death_year=1944
|nativity=US
|nativity=United States
|religion=P
|religion=Protestant
|enlistment_place=KALAMAZOO MICHIGAN
|enlistment_place=KALAMAZOO MICHIGAN
|state=ALASKA
|state=ALASKA
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|class_number=8
|class_number=8
|class_display=8
|class_display=8
|rank_final=Sergeant
}}
}}
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'''Gordon B. Culp''' (1920&ndash;1944) was a United States Army Corporal who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 8]]. Gordon enlisted at Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
* Civil Life


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
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== Timeline ==
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* 16 July 1943 — Graduated Class 8 (PI).
* One of four Ritchie Boys who were members of an Air Force Reconnaissance Group and who died when the Liberty ship USS Paul Hamilton on which they were traveling was hit by an aerial torpedo while in the Mediterranean in April 1944.
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
 
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Gordon B. Culp for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
 
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Culp, Gordon B. for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: GORDON P. CULP.doc)