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ANGELO PULLARA
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 28, 1933 – February 16, 1967
Service recordAngelo Pullara, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 16, 1967, in Laos, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 50
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- September 28, 1933
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 15E, Line 50
- JOHN ELLSWORTH QUAMPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- HOWARD WAYNE REECELance Corporal · February 16, 1967
- JERRY ALVIN ROBINSONPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- UINIFARETI SALEAUMUASergeant · February 16, 1967
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.