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HOWARD BURDETTE LULL JR
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 16, 1930 – April 7, 1972
Service recordHoward Burdette Lull JR, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on April 7, 1972, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 132
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 16, 1930
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 7, 1972
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1972; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 132
- WILLIAM ROY PEARSONSergeant · April 6, 1972
- RICHARD DWAYNE MILTONTechnical Sergeant · April 7, 1972
- LARRY FLETCHER POTTSCaptain · April 7, 1972
- RICHARD SIMPSON SCHOTTLieutenant Colonel · April 7, 1972
- ROBERT ALAN STERNWarrant Officer 1 · April 7, 1972
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD SIMPSON SCHOTTLieutenant Colonel · Panel 2W, Line 132
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.