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MICHAEL EUGENE MULLEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 11, 1944 – February 18, 1970
Service recordMichael Eugene Mullen, of La Porte City, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 29
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 11, 1944
- Home of record
- La Porte City, Iowa (Black Hawk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 29
- ARTIE EUGENE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- ABBOTT ROBERT JONESLieutenant Colonel · February 18, 1970
- MAXIE DEAN LINAMSpecialist Four · February 18, 1970
- CHARLES FRANK MORLEYMajor · February 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONAL LOYD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 30
From La Porte City
- RICHARD ALAN BALLHEIMCorporal · January 28, 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.