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WILLIAM FRANCIS MULLEN
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
March 28, 1935 – April 29, 1966
Service recordWilliam Francis Mullen, of Brockton, Massachusetts, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on April 29, 1966, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vma A-4 Qualified (I) (7501)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H & MS 1 MAG 12 1 MAW
- Born
- March 28, 1935
- Home of record
- Brockton, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 29, 1966
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 11
- LOUIS JOSEPH PELLIZZARIFirst Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- BOB ELIA POGREPetty Officer Second Class · April 29, 1966
- JOSEPH JOHN POLONKO JRCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WALTER LEE PUMPELLYSergeant · April 29, 1966
From Brockton
- WILLIAM DAVID FRAWLEYLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- ROBERT LEON BOSSSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- TIMOTHY HOLSTERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- RONALD E BERRISFORDPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD HOULIHANCorporal · July 6, 1967
- WLADYSLAW STANISZEWSKICorporal · July 7, 1967
- DANNY ERIC GOODWINLance Corporal · August 24, 1967
- THEODORE FRED JOHNSONCorporal · January 18, 1968
- HUGH RICHARD JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- MILTON RICHARD ALLERBY JRHospitalman · June 11, 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.