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JOHN DAVID MUIR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 13, 1948 – August 1, 1969
Service recordJohn David Muir, of Bradenton, Florida, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 1, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 83
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
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- December 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Bradenton, Florida (Manatee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 83
- THOMAS CASTILLOSergeant · August 1, 1969
- GAYLORD KILA DEFRIESStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1969
- JAMES LARRY HICKSCorporal · August 1, 1969
- RICHARD EUGENE HOLZER JRFirst Lieutenant · August 1, 1969
From Bradenton
- ROBERT BREWSTER LOWEFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1966
- HAROLD STANLEY WILSONSpecialist Four · February 19, 1967
- JOHN R VANNORMAN IIILance Corporal · June 14, 1967
- BLAKELY IRVING DAVIS JRHospitalman · July 29, 1967
- JAMES HAROLD BEAVERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- FRED CARLTON JENKINSSpecialist Five · April 2, 1968
- DALE WARREN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- LARRY CHARLES BOLYARDFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- SHERRY JOE HADLEYCorporal · May 27, 1968
- BOBBY LEE RILEYPrivate First Class · August 14, 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.