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RICHARD ROCCO MULLIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 6, 1946 – September 11, 1967
Service recordRichard Rocco Mullin, of Roselle, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 11, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 56
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Roselle, Illinois (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1967; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 56
- CHARLES ALLEN JOHNSONCorporal · September 11, 1967
- DAVIES LEE JONESPrivate First Class · September 11, 1967
- BRICEY ELROD LAMBSecond Lieutenant · September 11, 1967
- NELSON DENFIELD NEALSergeant · September 11, 1967
From Roselle
- DENNIS MICHAEL DAUGHERTYSpecialist Four · March 4, 1970
- RONALD NORMAN JASINSKIChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 30, 1971
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.