More detail on this person: WILLIAMSBURG -
Colonel Joseph Lloyd Kulmayer, U.S. Army Retired,
78, passed away peacefully July 17, 2015, at his
home in Williamsburg, Virginia. A native of
Cranford, New Jersey, Colonel Kulmayer was the
only child of Joseph E. Kulmayer, a professional
violinist and Julianna Kecskes Kulmayer, a
licensed nurse. He attended the Citadel, the
Military College of South Carolina, and upon
graduation in 1958 was commissioned a Lieutenant
in the United States Army. His 30 year Army career
included two tours of duty in Vietnam where as an
OV1 Mohawk pilot he earned the Distinguished
Flying Cross and two Purple Heart decorations for
being wounded in action. A Master Army Aviator, he
commanded both fixed wing and air cavalry units,
and managed initial entry and graduate flight
training programs at the Department of the Army
level. As a field grade officer he served in
joint, unified, and combined commands, including
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
(SHAPE), as well as on the Army Staff. Rising to
the rank of Colonel, he retired from active duty
in 1989 and went on to serve 14 years as a
contractor in support of the Doctrinal Literature
Program at the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine
Command. Colonel Kulmayer is survived by his wife
of 57 years, Alice Faye, to whose dementia care he
devoted his final years; sons Joseph, Jr., a
mathematics teacher in Sandown, England, and
Jeffrey, an Army Colonel currently assigned to the
Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; and eight
grandchildren. He will be laid to rest at
Arlington National Cemetery at a date to be
determined. Online condolences may be shared at
www.nelsencares.com
Published in Daily Press on July 23, 2015
Burial information: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
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