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PETER PULASKI JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 3, 1946 – January 4, 1970
Service recordPeter Pulaski JR, of Howard Beach, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Howard Beach, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 126
- FRANCIS JOSEPH SNEE JRCorporal · January 4, 1970
- BERNARD ALLEN SOWDERPrivate First Class · January 4, 1970
- JAMES SIDNEY VANCECorporal · January 4, 1970
- WILLIAM SAMUEL WADDLESergeant First Class · January 4, 1970
From Howard Beach
- WALTER JOSEPH WETZELPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- PHILIP GEORGE COLONNASergeant · June 8, 1968
- RUDOLPH ROSSIPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
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.