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DANIEL SCOTT MULLER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 18, 1943 – June 4, 1969
Service recordDaniel Scott Muller, of Pittsburg, Kansas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 4, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 66
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Pittsburg, Kansas (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “I CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 66
- DENNIE MCMEANSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- JAMES MICHALSKIPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- JAMES GREGORY MILLERFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1969
- MICHAEL MAURICE OCONNORFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JAMES KOEHLERPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 62
- JAMES MICHALSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 66
From Pittsburg
- JOHN PATRICK MCDERMOTTPetty Officer Second Class · September 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.