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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert George Bull II.

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ROBERT GEORGE BULL II

Captain · U.S. Air Force

May 17, 1939 – August 26, 1968

Service record

Robert George Bull II, of Marlboro, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 26, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 46W · Line 27

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Regular
Born
May 17, 1939
Home of record
Marlboro, New York (Ulster County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 26, 1968
Age
29
Province
Long Khanh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

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53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Marlboro

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.