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ROBERT JOSEPH MUELLENBACH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 22, 1943 – August 5, 1970
Service recordRobert Joseph Muellenbach, of Malone, Wisconsin, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 86
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Malone, Wisconsin (Fond Du Lac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 86
- JEAN MASON KRAUSSergeant · August 5, 1970
- ANGELO GENTRY LARRAGASpecialist Four · August 5, 1970
- MARGARITO RODRIGUEZ JRSpecialist Four · August 5, 1970
- DAVID RAY TOMASSpecialist Four · August 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN RICHARD CAUCCIPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 84
- GERALD LOUIS HAMILTONSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 84
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.