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ANTON LEONARD MUHM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 23, 1928 – June 8, 1966
Service recordAnton Leonard Muhm, of Hot Springs, South Dakota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 23, 1928
- Home of record
- Hot Springs, South Dakota (Fall River County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 21
- JORGE L FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- ROCKFORD WAYNE GODDARDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- DAVID BUTLER KISERSergeant First Class · June 8, 1966
From Hot Springs
- GERALD FRANKLIN APPERSONSergeant First Class · January 8, 1969
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.