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ERIC VINCENT PULLIAM
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 29, 1945 – March 28, 1969
Service recordEric Vincent Pulliam, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 75
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 75
- RONALD FRANCIS RICCIARDOSpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
- MARVIN JAMES ROBERTSCaptain · March 28, 1969
- ROY GARLAND RUBINLance Corporal · March 28, 1969
- ALVIN CLAYTON SCHULTEFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAELSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 72
- WILOFARD A MCCLAIN IIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 74
- RONALD FRANCIS RICCIARDOSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 75
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.