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JOSEPH EARL MUENCH
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 16, 1946 – October 4, 1969
Service recordJoseph Earl Muench, of Grand Island, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 37
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Grand Island, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 37
- JAMES ALBERT BIEHLPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
- SAMUEL RICHARD JESSEESergeant Major · October 4, 1969
- GREGORY L LAFLEURSergeant · October 4, 1969
- RALPH E LOUNDERMONPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
From Grand Island
- JOSEPH ANDRE LHUILLIERCaptain · July 25, 1968
- RICHARD BARRY TROTTERStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1968
- ROBERT BENJAMIN LUTHERCorporal · May 10, 1970
- MARTIN THOMAS PRASTFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1970
- PHILIP CHARLES TAYLORSergeant · May 27, 1971
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.