Dan Bullock

Dan Bullock. The Youngest Marine To Die In The Vietnam War. , Bullock was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina until he was about 12, when his mother died and he and his younger sister, Gloria moved to Brooklyn, to live with their father and his wife. He had wanted to become a pilot, a police officer or a U.S. Marine., When he was 14 years old he altered the date on his birth certificate to show he was born December 21, 1949. He processed through the recruiting station and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on September 18, 1968. As member of Platoon 3039 in Parris Island he graduated from boot camp on December 10, 1968., Bullock arrived in South Vietnam on May 18, 1969. and was assigned as rifleman in 2nd Squad 2nd Platoon Fox Company 2nd Battalion 5th Marines 1st Marine Division. He was stationed at Au Hoa Combat Base west of Hoi An in Quang Jam Province. He was killed instantly by small arms fire on June 7, 1969, during a North Vietnamese army night attack while making an ammunition run to resupply his beleaguered unit. Bullock was just 15 years old., After he was interred, his gravesite did not have a marker In 2000, one was finally provided on June 7, 2003, a section of Lee Avenue in Brooklyn renamed in his Honor.