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MICHAEL DAVID MUELLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 1, 1944 – May 11, 1968
Service recordMichael David Mueller, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 24
- JOHN MITCHELL MICHALSKISpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- CRAIG WESLEY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- JOHN TERRY MOORE JRSergeant · May 11, 1968
- WILLIAM ERNEST PASCHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DAVIS GALPINCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 20
- RICHARD CURTIS JACKSONSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 22
- BOBBY JOE MARTINEZSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 23
- ROBERT CRAWFORD RANSOM JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 58E, Line 25
- ARCHIE JAMES ROBERTS JRCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 25
- KEITH DAN VINCENTCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 27
- DAVID CLAUD WELLSCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 28
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.