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RONALD ERNEST MULLINAX
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 26, 1944 – December 21, 1965
Service recordRonald Ernest Mullinax, of Shelby, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 21, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Shelby, North Carolina (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 33
- LEROY ELTON JONESSergeant · December 21, 1965
- WILLIAM VANCE MOSSCorporal · December 21, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM NICKERSONSpecialist Four · December 21, 1965
- WILLIAM W RICHARDPrivate First Class · December 21, 1965
From Shelby
- JERRY DONALD CARTERSergeant · June 7, 1966
- JAMES HAROLD BRITTAINStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- JAMES CLIFFORD PEARSONPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- JIMMY KEITH MORRISONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- HAROLD HUGH WELCHCorporal · January 29, 1968
- ROLAND CLEMON CROSBYSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- JOE LOUIS LOCKHAR MCGILLLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- WAYNE ROGER HOYLEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- ERNEST FRANKLIN ELDERSLance Corporal · March 20, 1969
- JAMES HOPPER JRPrivate First Class · June 10, 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.