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MARVIN BURNETT MULLIS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 26, 1948 – November 2, 1968
Service recordMarvin Burnett Mullis JR, of Valdosta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 9
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Valdosta, Georgia (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 9
- JACOB MCKIESpecialist Four · November 2, 1968
- ROY WALDO MILLER JRSpecialist Five · November 2, 1968
- PHILIP LARRY NICHOLSSecond Lieutenant · November 2, 1968
- RAYMOND FRANKLIN ORR JRCorporal · November 2, 1968
From Valdosta
- JOHNNIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- HORACE ALVESTER HAMPTONPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- MAXIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- CLEVELAND DAVID JONESStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- LAWRENCE KENNETH SEPULVEDASergeant Major · January 7, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE BRUNTPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- WILLIE LEE RICHARDSONMaster Sergeant · March 1, 1968
- LARRY LEON MITCHELLSpecialist Four · May 20, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY INMANCorporal · June 16, 1968
- ROY CARROLL REGISTERStaff Sergeant · August 27, 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.