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LEONARD SALVATORE PELULLO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 24, 1945 – February 13, 1967
Service recordLeonard Salvatore Pelullo, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 25
- JOHN ALBERT HAMNERPlatoon Sergeant · February 13, 1967
- JOHN ROLAND MCKAY JRPrivate First Class · February 13, 1967
- CARL WILLIAM MUELLERSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · February 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RUDOLPH FRANCIS DUNGEEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15E, Line 24
- JOHN TROY EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 24
- JOHN ROLAND MCKAY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 25
- CARL WILLIAM MUELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 25
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 25
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 26
- JAMES CRAIG ULRICHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 26
- DONNIE LEE WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 26
- GALEN LLOYD WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 27
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.