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WILLIAM DONALD MULLINS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1933 – December 21, 1966
Service recordWilliam Donald Mullins, of Ada, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1933
- Home of record
- Ada, Oklahoma (Pontotoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 68
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- RICHARD VICTOR LINDEPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- BRUCE EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LEROY BROCKSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 66
- SPOTSWOOD DEWITTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 67
- MARVIN THOMAS HUGHESSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 67
- NORMAN GEORGE TOENNIESSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 69
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 70
From Ada
- NOEL DON MARRLance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- JACK WAYNE HALEYSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS BLANKENSHIPFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1968
- THOMAS HUGH BAKERMajor · November 4, 1968
- RAYMOND DALE THURMANSergeant · January 2, 1969
- JAMES GLENN UPCHURCHSecond Lieutenant · March 25, 1969
- LARRY GENE PADBERGPetty Officer Third Class · May 12, 1969
- DENNIS VAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
- JIMMY RAY HIGDONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
- RICHARD WARREN JONESCaptain · June 27, 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.