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PIERRE LEROY SULLIVAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 6, 1948 – May 2, 1968
Service recordPierre Leroy Sullivan, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 18
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 73 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 18
- JACK LEE SNODGRASSStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1968
- GREGORY JOE STAPLESPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- RALPH CARSON STEWARTPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- MATTHEW EARL SUTTON JRLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOHNSON BRADFORDCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 2
- EARNEST WAYNE BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 2
- GEORGE LARRY CRUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 4
- EUGENE FRANKLINPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 54E, Line 7
- RICHARD MULROY GALLERYCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 7
- EDWARD F GUTHRIEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 54E, Line 9
- JOHNNY MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 12
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MORSESergeant · Panel 54E, Line 12
- ROBERT ALLEN ROMOPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 16
- LARRY CHARLES SCHWEBKESpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 17
- THOMAS MICHAEL WALKERCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 20
From Chambersburg
- CHARLES DAVID RAILINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT RICHARD WHITESpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- MELVIN GRAYSON EHRHARTSergeant · April 28, 1969
- STEVEN ORLANDO DILESergeant · January 28, 1970
- JAY THOMAS DILLERSergeant · May 6, 1970
- ROGER ALAN BARNHARTLance Corporal · December 12, 1970
- FRED BRYAN ROSENBERRYSergeant · April 3, 1971
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.