Pfc. James C. Mullins

LETCHER, Ky. - Pfc. James Curtis Mullins, 18, formerly of Letcher, Ky., was killed in action on July 22, 1950. Pfc. Mullins served in the Army and was a heavy weapons infantryman with Company H, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was listed as missing in action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 22, 1950. Pvt. Mullins was presumed dead on Dec. 31, 1953, and his remains were not identified from the remains of nine men who were recovered from the battlefield shortly afterward. Eight of the remains were subsequently identified and the ninth individual was buried as unknown. In 2012, the remains were exhumed for reanalysis and the remains were identified as Pfc. James C. Mullins. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. Pfc. Mullins was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal. A graveside service will be held on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, at noon in Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery in Spring Lake with full military honors. He is survived by his brother, Clayton Carl Mullins of Spring Lake.


This obituary was originally published in the Fayetteville Observer.