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ROBERT DALE PULLEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 4, 1945 – January 6, 1968
Service recordRobert Dale Pullen, of Pampa, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Pampa, Texas (Gray County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 59
- JUAN HENRY MARTINEZPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- SOCORRO PEREIRASergeant First Class · January 6, 1968
- JORDAN EUGENE RAMEYPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- HAROLD SMITHSergeant · January 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE JONES JRSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 58
- JUAN HENRY MARTINEZPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 59
- SOCORRO PEREIRASergeant First Class · Panel 33E, Line 59
- JAMES P ROBINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 60
- DANIEL LEE WISELYSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 62
From Pampa
- JUDSON ARTHUR WELLS JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- RICKEY JOE MARSONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- NORMAN GLENN GAGEChief Petty Officer · February 23, 1970
- DAVID PAUL ROYSpecialist Four · April 4, 1970
- JAMES HENRY AYRESLieutenant Colonel · January 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.