Editing Chesty Puller (section)

==Relations==
Puller's son, [[Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr.]] (generally known as Lewis Puller), served as a Marine lieutenant in the [[Vietnam War]]. While serving with [[2nd Battalion, 1st Marines]] (2/1), Lewis Jr. was severely wounded by a mine explosion, losing both legs and parts of his hands. Lieutenant General Puller broke down sobbing at seeing his son for the first time in the hospital.<ref>Puller, Lewis B. Jr. (1991). ''Fortunate Son: The Healing of a Vietnam Vet''. New York: Grove Weidenfeld. p. 162. {{ISBN|0-8021-1218-8}}.</ref> Lewis Jr. won a 1992 [[Pulitzer Prize]] for his autobiography, ''Fortunate Son: The Healing of a Vietnam Vet''. He committed suicide in 1994.<ref name="Ryan2008">{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|title=The Other Side of Grief: The Home Front and the Aftermath in American Narratives of the Vietnam War|url=https://archive.org/details/othersideofgrief0000ryan/mode/2up|year=2008|publisher=Univ of Massachusetts Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=978-1-55849-686-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/othersideofgrief0000ryan/page/32/mode/2up 32]}}</ref>

Puller was father-in-law to Colonel [[William H. Dabney]], a [[Virginia Military Institute]] (VMI) graduate, who was the commanding officer (then Captain) of two heavily reinforced rifle companies of the [[3rd Battalion, 26th Marines]] (3/26) from January 21 to April 14, 1968, in Vietnam. During the entire period, Dabney's force stubbornly defended [[The Hill Fights#Hill 881S|Hill 881 South]], a regional outpost vital to the defense of the [[Khe Sanh Combat Base]] during the 77-day siege at the [[Battle of Khe Sanh]]. Dabney was recommended for the Navy Cross for his actions on Hill 881 South, but his battalion executive officer's helicopter carrying the recommendation papers crashed and the papers were lost. It was not until April 15, 2005, that Colonel Dabney received the Navy Cross during an award ceremony at Virginia Military Institute.

Puller was a distant cousin to U.S. Army General [[George S. Patton]].<ref name="Hoffman656">{{Harvnb|Hoffman|2001|p=[https://archive.org/details/chestystoryoflie00hoff/page/656/mode/2up 656]}}</ref>

He was an [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopalian]] and parishioner of [[Christ Church (Saluda, Virginia)|Christ Church Parish]] in [[Saluda, Virginia|Saluda]] and is buried in the historic cemetery there next to his wife, Virginia Montague Evans.<ref name="Christ Church"/>