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THOMAS RICHARD PULLEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 17, 1946 – July 31, 1968
Service recordThomas Richard Pullen, of Oyster Bay, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 39
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Oyster Bay, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 39
- THOMAS JONES HARKNESS JRPrivate · July 31, 1968
- GARY DALE KELLERCorporal · July 31, 1968
- ARMANDO DANIEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 31, 1968
- JOSEPH E R NEALFirst Lieutenant · July 31, 1968
From Oyster Bay
- CHARLES ANTHONY BREZINSKICorporal · January 26, 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.