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HOMER LAMAR MULLINAX
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 18, 1941 – August 17, 1968
Service recordHomer Lamar Mullinax, of Decatur, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 32
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 46 ENG BN 159 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- May 18, 1941
- Home of record
- Decatur, Texas (Wise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 32
- HENRY EDWIN BENTON JRFirst Lieutenant · August 17, 1968
- CARLOS GONZALEZPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN HANNAMANSpecialist Four · August 17, 1968
- PAUL JAMES MEAUXCorporal · August 17, 1968
From Decatur
- PATRICK RAY SCOTTLance Corporal · July 6, 1969
- JAMES HOWARD CARTWRIGHTFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1971
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.