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LYMAN ALLISTER MCMULLEN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 23, 1936 – August 18, 1966
Service recordLyman Allister McMullen, of Newport, Oregon, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 1687
- Born
- January 23, 1936
- Home of record
- Newport, Oregon (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 17
- DON THOMAS ELLEDGECaptain · August 18, 1966
- EUGENE JEHLEN MAJUREFirst Lieutenant · August 18, 1966
- JUERGEN AUGUST MAYERSergeant · August 18, 1966
- EDWARD JAY RYKOSKEYLance Corporal · August 18, 1966
From Newport
- GARY EUGENE ELFORDPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- GERALD DON HUFFMANPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- CHARLES MARTIN BEARPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- GARY WILLIAM BRITTONStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1970
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.