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EDGAR RUSSELL PULLIAM JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 7, 1949 – January 11, 1970
Service recordEdgar Russell Pulliam JR, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 27
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 27
- RONALD WAYNE JONESSergeant · January 11, 1970
- ROY ROBERT LEWISSpecialist Four · January 11, 1970
- WILLIAM BERTRAM LIBERSKYLance Corporal · January 11, 1970
- TERRENCE PATRICK RYANLieutenant · January 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GROVER COLEMAN BOWERS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 24
- VERLYN CARL BRUNSCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 25
- ROY ROBERT LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 27
From Broken Arrow
- WALTER CURTIS BLACK JRCorporal · December 30, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM PENDERGRASSCorporal · February 21, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT GAINERCorporal · July 28, 1969
- PAUL DAVID LUCASLance Corporal · September 18, 1969
- GARY KEITH BARNETTSpecialist Four · November 5, 1969
- KENNETH DEAN RANKINPetty Officer Third Class · November 16, 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.