Name: 1LT Eric Vincent Pulliam
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 03/28/1969 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 23.6
Date of Birth: 08/29/1945
Home City: Baltimore, MD
Service: FA branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: C/101 AVN 101 ABN
Major organization: 101st Airborne Division
Flight class: 68-22
Service: FA branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 28W-075
Short Summary: See McClain.
Aircraft: UH-1D tail number 66-16284
Call sign: BLACK WIDOW
Service number: O5429267
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 1981 = 19 Rotary Wing Aviator (Unit Commander)
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: fire or burns
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: pilot
Started Tour: 02/22/1969
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Length of service: 02
Location: Thua Thien Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Negro
Religion: Roman Catholic
Burial information: BALTIMORE NATIONAL CEMETERY, MD
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: officer
This record was last updated on 03/29/2005
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