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MICHAEL PHILLIP VULLO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 17, 1948 – July 11, 1970
Service recordMichael Phillip Vullo, of Alhambra, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Weapons Support Radar Repairer (26B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Alhambra, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 10
- GLENN ERVIN MAIERFireman · July 11, 1970
- LARRY GENE YEAGERSpecialist Four · July 11, 1970
- ROBERT EARL BIRKHOLZSergeant · July 12, 1970
- WILLIAM KLINE BOYERPrivate First Class · July 12, 1970
From Alhambra
- LAWRENCE THOMAS HOLLANDMajor · June 12, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM MCNEILLYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- THOMAS FREDRICK SANDOVALStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN CAPUTOCorporal · March 18, 1969
- HERBERT CORNELIUS FROSTStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1969
- STEPHEN DOWDELLPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- WILLIAM STANLEY DAVISFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1970
- BRYAN JAMES SUTTONLieutenant Colonel · March 17, 1971
- FRED OBERDING JRSpecialist Four · October 29, 1972
- GEORGE WILLIAM MORRIS JRCaptain · January 27, 1973
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.