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ROBERT LAWRENCE PULS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 29, 1947 – July 1, 1968
Service recordRobert Lawrence Puls, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 32
- MILES ROBERT GREGOIRESergeant · July 1, 1968
- MORRIS EDWARD OSTRANDERSpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES ROSSSergeant · July 1, 1968
- THOMAS RUIZLance Corporal · July 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD FLOYD BURNHAM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 27
- WILLIAM BRADFORD EOFF JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 54W, Line 28
- NICHOLAS ANTHONY ROMANOChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 54W, Line 29
- MORRIS EDWARD OSTRANDERSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 32
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.