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STEPHEN RALPH MULLINS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 31, 1948 – January 10, 1969
Service recordStephen Ralph Mullins, of Shady Spring, West Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 66
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Shady Spring, West Virginia (Raleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1969; nine of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 66
- MARTIN RAYMOND JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- DAVID KARL MANNINGLance Corporal · January 10, 1969
- WILLIAM BRUCE OFFERDAHLSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- GERALD RAY OLMSTEDCorporal · January 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MELFORD KEITH BLAKELYPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 63
- TERRANCE DEAN J FRANCISSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 64
- MARTIN RAYMOND JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 66
- RUDY RONNIE TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 67
From Shady Spring
- WASHINGTON L JAMESSergeant First Class · August 27, 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.