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JOHN A BULPITT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 15, 1944 – April 28, 1966
Service recordJohn A Bulpitt, of Centerdale, Rhode Island, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Centerdale, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 4
- RAMON AL PELLOT-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · April 27, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM RUCH IIPrivate First Class · April 27, 1966
- JOHNNIE SMITH JRHospitalman · April 27, 1966
- WALTER JOHN TYPE JRPrivate First Class · April 27, 1966
- HERMAN BROWN JRCorporal · April 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ANDREA CUNEO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 5
- MOSES CALVIN LEESpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 5
- DEANE S VANDYKE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 6
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.