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TROY MURL PUCKETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 15, 1947 – August 3, 1967
Service recordTroy Murl Puckett, of Union, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 74
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Union, South Carolina (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 74
- WILLIAM GRIGABY PHILLIPSSergeant · August 3, 1967
- HOWARD JON SCHNABOLKFirst Lieutenant · August 3, 1967
- WENDELL WARREN STEWARTPetty Officer Second Class · August 3, 1967
- JOHN NORMAN WICKLIFFESergeant First Class · August 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LLOYD WIGHTMAN IIISpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 75
From Union
- HENRY DEAN LANKFORDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- CURTIS LEE JETERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1966
- WALLACE THOMSON MCMAKINPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- LARRY EDWARD LAWSONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1973
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.