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CARL WILLIAM MUELLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 4, 1945 – February 13, 1967
Service recordCarl William Mueller, of Covington, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 25
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Covington, Kentucky (Kenton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 25
- JOHN ALBERT HAMNERPlatoon Sergeant · February 13, 1967
- JOHN ROLAND MCKAY JRPrivate First Class · February 13, 1967
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · February 13, 1967
- LEONARD SALVATORE PELULLOPrivate First Class · February 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RUDOLPH FRANCIS DUNGEEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15E, Line 24
- JOHN TROY EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 24
- JOHN ROLAND MCKAY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 25
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 25
- LEONARD SALVATORE PELULLOPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 25
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 26
- JAMES CRAIG ULRICHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 26
- DONNIE LEE WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 26
- GALEN LLOYD WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 27
From Covington
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- LOUIS R RANDALLPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- LOUIS RAY SOWARDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DONATUS JOSEPH GEILENCorporal · February 28, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1967
- FRANK BELLEW DUNFORD IIIStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1967
- JEFFREY SCOTT AKERHospitalman · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS HOWARD RETSCHULTELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- SAMUEL GREEN HURRYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- SAMUEL THOMAS MARSHALL JRLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
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.