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William Ellis Pulliam
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Rank
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy
Unit
193 FITRON
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Date of Death
August 3, 1952
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Lieutenant Pulliam was the pilot of a F4U-4 Corsair fighter with Fighter Squadron 193 aboard the carrier USS PRINCETON (CV-37). On August 3, 1952, while on a combat mission of striking a bridge near Tanchon, Korea, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, crashed and burst into flames. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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