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JOHN BRUCE MULARZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 21, 1947 – August 14, 1968
Service recordJohn Bruce Mularz, of Rochester, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 14
- DANIEL LEO NEUBURGERFirst Lieutenant · August 14, 1968
- RICHARD DANIEL NOVAKLance Corporal · August 14, 1968
- LEONARD MONROE PARRISHPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- KERMIT C PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT IRWIN BROWNCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 10
- RODRIGUEZ PEDRO J CAMACHOSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 11
- GARY LEE MALOYSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 11
- ROY L EDELSTEINPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 12
- LEO LARRY HADLEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 48W, Line 12
- SCOTT D HENRYCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 12
- ROBERT GEAN COOPERPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 13
- STEVE DONALD LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 13
- DANIEL LEO NEUBURGERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 48W, Line 14
- BOBBY LEE RILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 15
- ROBERT JOHN SANTOROSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 15
- FRANCIS ANTHONY SCHWARZPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 15
- HENRYK TADUESZ SULATYCKISergeant First Class · Panel 48W, Line 16
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.