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DOYLE GEAN PULSE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 28, 1949 – May 15, 1970
Service recordDoyle Gean Pulse, of Stigler, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M1 Abrams Tank System Mechanic (63E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Stigler, Oklahoma (Haskell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 46
- DAVID ERNEST MEADEFirst Lieutenant · May 15, 1970
- STEVEN DEE MERRELLCorporal · May 15, 1970
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOREAUSergeant · May 15, 1970
- EDWARD EARL NISEWONGERSpecialist Four · May 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD EARL NISEWONGERSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 46
From Stigler
- HUBERT PRICE JRSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- DONNIE GORDON LEWISLance Corporal · May 14, 1968
- DONALD RAY BOYLESChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 21, 1969
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.