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JOSEPH EUGENE MUIR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Marine Corps
May 22, 1928 – September 11, 1965
Service recordJoseph Eugene Muir, of Meadow Bridge, West Virginia, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 11, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 81
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- May 22, 1928
- Home of record
- Meadow Bridge, West Virginia (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1965
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1965; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 81
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- GERALD GREENLieutenant (junior grade) · September 12, 1965
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.