ACCOUNTED FOR
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NAME Herman Walter Mulligan, Jr. |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 496478 |
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| UNIT Company L Third Battalion 22nd Marines |
HOME OF RECORD Laurens, SC |
NEXT OF KIN Father, Mr. Herman Mulligan Sr. |
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| DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1923 |
ENTERED SERVICE August 5, 1941 |
DATE OF LOSS May 30, 1945 |
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| REGION Ryukyu Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Okinawa |
CASUALTY TYPE Killed In Action |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS PFC Herman W. Mulligan served as a member of Company L, 22nd Marines during the battle of Okinawa. He was killed in action on 30 May 1945, when a crypt loaded with ammunition exploded. Mulligan’s body was unidentifiable; he was buried in the 6th Marine Division Cemetery on Okinawa as Unknown X-35. In 1949, Mulligan was declared permanently non-recoverable; his unidentified remains were interred in the Manila American Cemetery. He was disinterred in May 2017, and accounted for on 20 February 2018. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Private First Class |
STATUS OF REMAINS Accounted For DPAA Announcement |
MEMORIALS Arlington National Cemetery Honolulu Memorial |
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Biography coming soon.
For further reading on the search for PFC Mulligan, see “Lost In Battle, Found By Amateur Sleuths” (New York Times) and “Bringing Mulligan Home: The Other Side of the Good War” by Dale Maharidge (Amazon purchase link)
