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BARRY THOMAS MULLINEAUX
Captain · U.S. Army
June 16, 1943 – May 12, 1970
Service recordBarry Thomas Mullineaux, of Ambler, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Ambler, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 27
- CHARLES DARNELL MCMAHANStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1970
- RAMON MOYA JRSergeant · May 12, 1970
- BRIAN STANLEY ORRCorporal · May 12, 1970
- GREG EUGENE WEIGHTMANSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD FRANCIS BRADY IIIStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 22
From Ambler
- FRANK GERALD GOELZPetty Officer Third Class · March 10, 1968
- DANIEL TUCKER THURSTONSergeant · June 9, 1969
- ANDREW ALAN KUHNLance Corporal · June 10, 1969
- MOSES B LUCASStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1969
- GEORGE LIVINGSTON MILLERColonel · December 6, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.