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ROBERT ALLEN PULASKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 8, 1950 – August 3, 1971
Service recordRobert Allen Pulaski, of Ladysmith, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 122
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Ladysmith, Wisconsin (Rusk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 122
- GLEN JOHNSON TALIAFERROFirst Lieutenant · August 2, 1971
- EDWIN NEWTON TROXELMajor · August 2, 1971
- MARK LELAND HAMILTONSpecialist Four · August 4, 1971
- RAYMOND ALFRED ROSESpecialist Five · August 4, 1971
From Ladysmith
- DENNIS RALPH SIVERLINGSergeant · February 3, 1966
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.