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JOSEPH BERNARD MUELLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 8, 1947 – March 21, 1970
Service recordJoseph Bernard Mueller, of West Bend, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 31
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 8, 1947
- Home of record
- West Bend, Wisconsin (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 31
- LARRY PARKERStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
- CHARLES ALLEN RAULSTONStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
- DONALD BRUCE REESPrivate · March 21, 1970
- ROBERT STANLEY RICHMONDCaptain · March 21, 1970
From West Bend
- GEROLD SCHAEFFERPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- GLENN FREDRICK DEANSergeant · August 27, 1968
- THOMAS HARRY CROOKPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- STANLEY RAYMOND HANSENSpecialist Five · May 21, 1970
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.