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DAVID HAROLD MUELLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 20, 1944 – October 14, 1966
Service recordDavid Harold Mueller, of Garnavillo, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Garnavillo, Iowa (Clayton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 74
- WOODWARD S HATFIELD JRHospitalman · October 14, 1966
- DARRELL ASA JACKSONPrivate First Class · October 14, 1966
- ROGER ALLAN PETERSENPrivate First Class · October 14, 1966
- ROBERT L PRUHSWarrant Officer 1 · October 14, 1966
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.