Mullins, Thomas Hays
Army Private 1st class

Thomas Hays Mullins from Tennessee, Roane county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: On June 8, 2017, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Corporal Frederick Hays Mullins, missing from the Korean War. Corporal Mullins, who entered the U.S. Army from Tennessee, was a member of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. In early November 1950, his unit was positioned near Unsan, North Korea, when they came under attack from Chinese Communist Forces (CCF). On November 2, he was captured and taken to POW Camp 5 in Pyokdong, North Korea, where he died of malnutrition on or around March 29, 1951. In 1993, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) repatriated the remains of U.S. service members recovered from near Pyokdong, and CPL Mullins was eventually identified from among them.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency