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LEO ROBERT MULLEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 9, 1947 – January 7, 1969
Service recordLeo Robert Mullen, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 52
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1969; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 52
- LARRY DON WELSHStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1969
- JAMES LESTER WOLTERSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- JAMES ALLAN ASCHERFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1969
- STEPHEN HAIG DEMERJIANPrivate First Class · January 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOE BOWLINSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 46
- JOHNNY RALPH VERASTIQUESpecialist Five · Panel 35W, Line 46
- ROBERT DENNIS MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 49
- JAMES KEITH MERRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 49
- CRAIG SEIMON OLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 50
- DANNY RAY SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 51
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
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.