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WAYNE WILSON MULLIN
Seaman · U.S. Navy
February 19, 1951 – August 20, 1970
Service recordWayne Wilson Mullin, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 20, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 126
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- February 19, 1951
- Home of record
- New Bedford, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 126
- PAUL MILLERSergeant · August 20, 1970
- HORACE LEE WARDELLPrivate · August 20, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES DOUGANPrivate First Class · August 21, 1970
- ROBERT LOUIS FRASCHWarrant Officer 1 · August 21, 1970
From New Bedford
- EDWARD JOSEPH ALMEIDAPrivate · July 8, 1965
- WILLIE JOSEPH WRIGHTSergeant First Class · December 5, 1965
- KENNETH EDWARD BEAUREGARDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- PAUL ELIAS HASSEYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- JAMES KEVIN OLEARYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- LUIZ PINA JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1966
- JOHN JAMES CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH LANDRYSergeant · April 29, 1967
- JAMES CLIFTON OFFLEYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- NORMAND LOUIS BEAULIEUCorporal · June 2, 1967
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.