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CHARLES DORIAN BULLARD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 24, 1939 – January 29, 1969
Service recordCharles Dorian Bullard, of Arlington, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1969, in Laos, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 12
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 24, 1939
- Home of record
- Arlington, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1969. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33W, Line 12
- GEORGE ARTHUR BAKERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1969
- LANNY WILSON BANTASpecialist Four · January 29, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD CAMPBELLColonel · January 29, 1969
- WILLIAM R DOUILLETTE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BILLY JOE SIMMONSSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 17
- LARRY ALLAN STEPHENSSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 18
From Arlington
- DENNIS BOYD EASLEYSecond Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- PAT WELDON MCGEESergeant · December 5, 1966
- CHESTER GALE JORDANPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN LASHERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- SCOTTY LEE KEYESCorporal · September 1, 1967
- JOHN DARRACOTT HEFLINPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT PERRY MILLS JRLieutenant · November 2, 1967
- EUGENE LUNSFORD CLAYStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES CANTWELLPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
- GARY GENE GORDONCorporal · July 28, 1968
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.