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CLIFFORD TRUMAN MULLEN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 20, 1947 – January 3, 1969
Service recordClifford Truman Mullen, of Benton, Missouri, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 28
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Electrician (CE)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NSA DANANG 3 NC BDE
- Born
- July 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Benton, Missouri (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 28
- WILLIAM ROWLAND LIDDYCOATFirst Lieutenant · January 3, 1969
- JAMES STEVEN MATCHETTPrivate First Class · January 3, 1969
- GLENN PAUL MCADOOSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- RONALD SMITH MCCRARYWarrant Officer 1 · January 3, 1969
From Benton
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · December 31, 1967
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.