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MICHAEL PUMILLO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 22, 1947 – February 9, 1968
Service recordMichael Pumillo, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
107 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1968; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 59
- JACK CHARLES PLAHNPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- DAVID DONALD REIDSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- WILLIS CLIFFORD RHEAULTSergeant · February 9, 1968
- RONALD EDWARD ROHRKASTEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ROBERT MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 55
- HAROLD LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 60
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.