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WALTER STEPHEN MULLEN
Captain · U.S. Army
January 8, 1947 – June 5, 1972
Service recordWalter Stephen Mullen, of Brownsville, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1972, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1972; 11 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
He died in Pleiku Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 36
- CHARLES LAWRENCE FLOTTCaptain · June 5, 1972
- CALVIN THOMAS GOREMajor · June 5, 1972
- JAMES FAY HOLLISCaptain · June 5, 1972
- MICHAEL LOUIS HUTSONSergeant · June 5, 1972
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LEE BARNETTSergeant · Panel 1W, Line 35
- ANDEE CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · Panel 1W, Line 35
- CHARLES LAWRENCE FLOTTCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 36
- CALVIN THOMAS GOREMajor · Panel 1W, Line 36
- JAMES FAY HOLLISCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 36
- MICHAEL LOUIS HUTSONSergeant · Panel 1W, Line 36
- THOMAS MILTON LEJEUNEStaff Sergeant · Panel 1W, Line 37
- NICHOLAS QUINONES-BORRASMajor · Panel 1W, Line 37
- ANDREW FILLEBRO UNDERWOODLieutenant Colonel · Panel 1W, Line 38
From Brownsville
- GORDON ELDON GULLETTPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- ROBERTO ROCHA JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1966
- ALBERTO ANGEL AVALOSLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- DANIEL ZACHARY POST JRCorporal · July 31, 1966
- TEOFILO CARMONE RIOSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- FRANCISCO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- ANTONIO MORALES JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANTHONY PEREZPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- ABELARDO VERASergeant · March 20, 1968
- ATANACIO GOMEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 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.