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JEFF MULKEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 2, 1947 – May 31, 1968
Service recordJeff Mulkey, of Banner, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 14
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Banner, Kentucky (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 14
- WINSTON MCELRATH JRLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- TIMOTHY PAUL MCGUIREPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- CHARLES LEWIS MORGANLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- WAYMAN DEWEY MORRISPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WESTLEY BOWDENSergeant · Panel 62W, Line 5
- DONALD ROBERT MILLERCorporal · Panel 62W, Line 13
- JOSEPH MEREL THORNCorporal · Panel 62W, Line 18
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.