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JOSEPH WILLIAM MULLEN JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 15, 1946 – April 17, 1968
Service recordJoseph William Mullen JR, of Torrance, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 32
- WILLIAM AUBREY LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- KENNETH ALLEN MCCLAINLance Corporal · April 17, 1968
- JIM CARL MCNAMARHospitalman · April 17, 1968
- WILLIAM PATRICK OFARRELLPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 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.