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RICHARD ALLEN MULLINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 12, 1947 – July 23, 1968
Service recordRichard Allen Mullins, of Lebanon, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 42
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Lebanon, Ohio (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 42
- JAMES HENRY MARTINCorporal · July 23, 1968
- HARRY MICHAEL MATHERSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE MITCHELLCaptain · July 23, 1968
- JAMES STEPHEN MITCHELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES THOMAS HESSESergeant · Panel 51W, Line 40
- HARKLES LEROY HODGESPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 40
- WILLIAM HENRY WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 46
From Lebanon
- DAVID LYNN MCCONNAUGHEYPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN HILLPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- RONALD PERRY COATESLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- KYLE SMIDDYSergeant · June 26, 1967
- JERRY DAY LEAKPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- RICHARD KENNETH CHILTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD CONGER JRSergeant First Class · January 27, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD CARPENTERSergeant First Class · February 24, 1969
- PHILLIP RAY BAILYPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
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.