Mullen, Leo Robert, 1LT

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Final Rank
First Lieutenant
Last Service Branch
Infantry
Last MOS
1542-Infantry Unit Commander
Last MOS Group
Infantry
Primary Unit
1968-1969, 1542, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry
Service Years
1967 - 1969
Infantry
First Lieutenant

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Home State
Rhode Island
Rhode Island
Year of Birth
1947
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Providence
Last Address
307 Sayles Street, Providence, RI 02905

Casualty Date
Jan 07, 1969
 
Cause
KIA-Killed in Action
Reason
Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location
Tay Ninh (Vietnam)
Conflict
Vietnam War
Location of Interment
Mount Saint Mary's Cemetery - Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Wall/Plot Coordinates
35W 052/Section 6, Site 210, Grave 1
Military Service Number
O - 5 349 927

 Official Badges 

Infantry Shoulder Cord


 Unofficial Badges 




 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Vietnam Veterans MemorialThe National Gold Star Family Registry
  1982, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
  2010, The National Gold Star Family Registry


 Tributes from Members  
Tributes from Others posted by IN Olsen, David, SGT 553
From John Morelli posted by CA Short, Diane (TWS Admin) 1674 
 Photo Album   (More...


 Ribbon Bar

Combat Infantryman 1st Award

 
 Enlisted/Officer Basic Training
  1967, Basic Training (Fort Devens, MA)
 Unit Assignments
3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry25th Infantry Division (Tropic Lightning)
  1968-1969, 1542, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry
  1968-1969, 1542, 25th Infantry Division (Tropic Lightning)
 Combat and Non-Combat Operations
  1968-1968 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase V Campaign (1968)
  1968-1969 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase VI Campaign (1968-69)
 Other News, Events and Photographs
 
  Jun 10, 2012, Other Photos
 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:

Final Mission of 1LT Leo R. Mullen - SP4 Danny R. Scott served with 1st Platoon, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. On January 7, 1969, his unit was on a mission in the dense jungle northwest of Tay Ninh, about 8 miles from the Cambodian border. As his company were returning to Fire Support Base Washington, they were split in half after the lead element walked past several well concealed NVA bunkers. The NVA waited for several of the soldiers to walk past the bunkers and into the jungle before they opened up with everything they had. SP4 Scott was killed as he fired upon the NVA. Charlie Company had to fire carefully at the NVA as the enemy were between the main element of C Co. and the lead element. Five men died in the firefight and a sixth (SP4 William Francisco Jr.) died three days afterwards from wounds received. The three other lost soldiers included 1LT Leo R. Mullen, SGT Robert J. Bowlin, SP4 James K. Merrell, and SP4 Craig S. Olson. A seventh soldier was missing in action. SGT Larry D. Welsh, who had been lightly wounded during the fight, disappeared while seeking aid for another wounded soldier. Although one wounded soldier and the body of another were recovered when U.S. forces returned to the area the following day, SGT Welsh was not found. He was carried as Missing in Action until February 11, 1974, when the Secretary of the Army approved a Presumptive Finding of Death. (Narrative by David DeMauro) [Taken from c322association.org and virtualwall.org]


   
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