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MELVIN SULLIVAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 22, 1948 – December 21, 1969
Service recordMelvin Sullivan, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 80
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 80
- GARY MICHAEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1969
- THOMAS STEPHEN STAFFORDSeaman · December 21, 1969
- STANLEY EDWARD TAYLORSpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
- FRANCIS A TRINCHITELLASpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY EDWARD TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 80
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.