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ROBERT LEE PULLIAM
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 4, 1941 – January 29, 1971
Service recordRobert Lee Pulliam, of Petersburg, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 4, 1941
- Home of record
- Petersburg, Virginia (Petersburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1971
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 68
- DAVID IVES MIXTERSergeant · January 29, 1971
- JEFFREY LAWRENCE BARLOWSpecialist Four · January 30, 1971
- HAROLD EDWIN BIRKYFireman · January 30, 1971
- JAMES PAUL DUNCANCorporal · January 30, 1971
From Petersburg
- CALVIN L CHEIVESSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- JAMES AARON DICKENSSergeant · February 8, 1967
- THOMAS RALPH WELLSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- BILLY RANDOLPH JEFFERSONCorporal · October 7, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE WARRENPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH BACH IIICaptain · April 20, 1969
- CALVIN EDWARD COOKECorporal · May 22, 1969
- WILLIE HOOPER JRSpecialist Four · September 2, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD ROYESergeant First Class · November 10, 1970
- CHRISTOPHER GEO MORBITZERCaptain · August 19, 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.