Dale Allan Pulliam

Lance Corporal
C CO, 1ST BN, 9TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
13 March 1947 - 14 May 1967
Wichita, Kansas
Panel 19E Line 123

3RD MARDIV

9TH MARINES
Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Dale Allan Pulliam

25 Aug 2004

Dale Pulliam was a friend of mine when we were growing up south of Wichita, Kansas. We did the usual things as kids, but I think our favorite things were fishing and camping. We were the same age and went to school together for about seven years before he transferred to another school district for his Senior year so he could play varsity basketball. I lost track of Dale after graduation in 1964. He joined the Marines and I went to college. He was twenty years old when he died in Vietnam on May 14, 1967. He was scheduled to return home in September of that year. I didn't find out that he had been killed in action until just before I went to Vietnam in 1970.

In November, 1986, I visited "The Wall" in Washington, D.C. late one November evening. It was an experience that only a Viet Nam veteran could relate to. After some searching, I found his name. Dale is just one of more than 58,178 American dead from the Vietnam War, but he was one of a few that I knew personally. Hopefully, we will never forget them or their sacrifice.

Mike Everhart
1st LT, U.S. Army
1st Air Cavalry Division, Vietnam, 1970
mjever2001@yahoo.com

Read the
Wichita Eagle article
about Dale Pulliam

14 Jul 2006

REMEMBERED

by a fellow Marine from C/1/9,
Dick Stanley
4015 E. Cedar Lake Drive, Greenbush, Michigan 48738
dickiedoo@yahoo.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Charlie 1/9 Marines lost three men to enemy fire on 14 May 1967:
  • LCpl Dale A. Pulliam, Wichita, KS;
  • Pfc Donald K. Halvorsen, Eatontown, NJ; and
  • Pfc Milligan R. Williams, Atlanta, GA.




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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 25 Aug 2004
Last updated 08/10/2009