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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Steven Al Mueller.

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STEVEN AL MUELLER

First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force

September 7, 1944 – January 18, 1970

Service record

Steven Al Mueller, of Sylvan Grove, Kansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 18, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 14W · Line 44

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
First Lieutenant (1STLT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Born
September 7, 1944
Home of record
Sylvan Grove, Kansas (Lincoln County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 18, 1970
Age
25
Province
Pleiku
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

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18 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 14W, Line 44

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.