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KURT MUELLER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 4, 1947 – April 26, 1968
Service recordKurt Mueller JR, of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 21
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Wheat Ridge, Colorado (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 21
- ROBERT EDWARD LEASpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- MILTON ARTHUR LEEPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- EDDIE LEE MILLERSergeant First Class · April 26, 1968
- FRED ANTHONY MILLERPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
From Wheat Ridge
- DANIEL LEE FIELDSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- JAMES BRYAN ELDER JRPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CLAYTON CHARLES KEMP JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 12, 1967
- ARMAND RENE THOUVENELLPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- CHARLES HERBERT NEEL JRSecond Lieutenant · April 5, 1968
- ROY DOUGLAS HURLBERTCorporal · April 16, 1968
- JACK ALLEN GARNESSergeant · October 30, 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.