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NELSON F PULSIFER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 1, 1944 – November 14, 1966
Service recordNelson F Pulsifer JR, of Lakeside, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Lakeside, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 71
- RICHARD WARREN HASTINGSLieutenant · April 16, 1966
- JOHN MAYOSpecialist Four · November 14, 1966
- GLEN ALAN MUSGUIRELance Corporal · November 14, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS REEDSpecialist Four · November 14, 1966
- JIMMIE TUCHCorporal · November 14, 1966
From Lakeside
- RICHARD ERNEST WELCHPrivate First Class · November 26, 1966
- ROY LEE ESTRADASergeant · March 18, 1968
- DONALD GENE JACKSONLance Corporal · April 23, 1968
- HERBERT WALLACE ROLEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1968
- TERRIL WAYDE SNELSONPrivate First Class · December 8, 1969
- LARRY ANTHONY SALMONCorporal · June 4, 1970
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.