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JAMES LEE PULLAM
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 22, 1946 – May 5, 1970
Service recordJames Lee Pullam, of Oakland, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 105
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 105
- IVORY LEE MCKINNEYCorporal · May 5, 1970
- VERNON LEO OKLANDSergeant · May 5, 1970
- DUANE ARVID PETERSONSergeant · May 5, 1970
- ROBERT IRA RABBFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1970
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
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.