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EARNEST RANDALL MULLINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 17, 1947 – August 13, 1968
Service recordEarnest Randall Mullins, of Elkhorn City, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 8
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Elkhorn City, Kentucky (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 8
- TERRY ROBERT MEYERSergeant · August 13, 1968
- VICENTE DUENAS PEREZSergeant First Class · August 13, 1968
- THOMAS RICHARD POLISKYPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE PRAGMANPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT MATHEW CATES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 5
- TERRY RICHARD HINKLESpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 6
- JIMMIE LYNN KRATZBERGPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 6
- FRANCISCO XAVIER LICEAPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 7
- TERRY ROBERT MEYERSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 8
- THOMAS RICHARD POLISKYPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 8
- ROBERT WALTER WOODSSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 10
From Elkhorn City
- RANDY BLAKE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
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.