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RALPH THOMAS MUELLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 3, 1949 – May 20, 1970
Service recordRalph Thomas Mueller, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 71
- MICHAEL JOHN MANIEREStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1970
- DONALD J MORRISCaptain · May 20, 1970
- PETER JAMES PENNUCCICorporal · May 20, 1970
- RANDALL CRAIG VANHAITSMACorporal · May 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EMMET CAINCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 68
- ROY LYNN CARTERCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 69
- JOHN ALLEN CLAGGETTCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 69
- GARY WAYNE GEARSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 70
- TONY ROBERT WARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 73
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 1967
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.