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ROBERT FRANKLIN BULLA JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 2, 1944 – January 22, 1970
Service recordRobert Franklin Bulla JR, of Asheboro, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 56
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Asheboro, North Carolina (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 56
- VICTOR BERNARD STRIBLINGSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
- KERRY LAMONT TAYLORSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
- NEELY CLARENCE WALKERSergeant First Class · January 21, 1970
- WILLIAM N WILLIAMSONSpecialist Five · January 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LENNIS CLYDE GENTRYSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 57
- WALTER WILLIAM NUNLEY JRSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 57
- LOWRENZO NEELEYCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 58
From Asheboro
- RONALD GALE TROGDONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- CHARLES THOMAS PARKERSergeant · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT LYNN FOX JRPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- BILLY LOUIS UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- MICKEY WILLIAM HILLCorporal · March 21, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS COBLESergeant · May 15, 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.