Lewis Burwell Puller Jr. (August 18, 1945 – May 11, 1994) was an attorney and a United States Marine Corps officer who was severely wounded in the Vietnam War. He won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for his autobiography Fortunate Son .

Lewis Burwell " Chesty " Puller (June 26, 1898 – October 11, 1971) was a United States Marine Corps officer. Beginning his career fighting guerillas in Haiti and Nicaragua as part of the Banana Wars, he later served with distinction in World War II and the Korean War as a senior officer.

May 23, 1994 · Lewis B. (“Chesty”) Puller had won his general’s stars leading his regiment to safety in the harrowing American retreat from the Chosin Reservoir during the first winter of the Korean War. In...

Mar 2, 2024 · Lewis B Puller, Jr., who transformed his years of struggle with physical and emotional ravages of Vietnam War into a Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography, shot and killed himself yesterday (11 May 1994) at his Fairfax Country, Virginia, home.

May 12, 1994 · - It took 26 years, friends say, but the Vietnam War finally killed Lewis B. Puller Jr. The former Marine committed suicide yesterday at 48, two years after winning the Pulitzer Prize for his...

Feb 18, 2025 · Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller, whose barrel chest and blunt manner inspired his nickname, was a thirty-seven-year veteran of the United States Marine Corps who rose to the rank of lieutenant general.

May 12, 1994 · Lewis B. Puller Jr., who won the Pulitzer Prize for chronicling his fight against despair and alcoholism after he lost both legs while serving in Vietnam, died this afternoon. He was 48 years...

On the program Booknotes, Vietnam veteran Louis Puller, Jr. discussed his book, Fortunate Son: The Autobiography of Louis Puller, Jr., which details his experiences in Vietnam and his...

Oct 11, 2018 · On this day 47 years ago—October 11, 1971—Lewis B. Puller died. Puller is still the most decorated U.S. Marine in American history. Born in Virginia on June 26, 1898, Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller wanted to enlist in the United States Army to fight Mexicans in the Border War of 1916 but could not get parental consent from his mother.

"How This Home Page Started" is "about" Lewis B. Puller Jr., a seriously wounded Vietnam War Veteran, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and son of the most decorated U.S. Marine in history, "Chesty" Puller.