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GEORGE MULROONEY
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
November 15, 1925 – October 4, 1969
Service recordGeorge Mulrooney, of Astoria, New York, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 4, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 38
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
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- November 15, 1925
- Home of record
- Astoria, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1969
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 38
- WILLIAM F MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL SHROBAStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1969
- GARY DEAN TAYLORPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
- ORVAL ARTHUR BALDWINWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1969
From Astoria
- CHRISTOPHER JO OSULLIVANCaptain · May 30, 1965
- HECTOR LOPEZPrivate · October 6, 1965
- GRIJALBA HUMBERTO RONSpecialist Four · October 8, 1965
- JOSEPH FRANK SMITHPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH BARZANSpecialist Four · September 25, 1966
- JOSEPH JAMES DODDPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- LARRY ANTHONY CRISCISpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- RUSSELL LOUIS FILIBERTISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL AGAZZIPetty Officer Third Class · September 29, 1967
- GILBERT DIAZLance Corporal · January 28, 1968
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.