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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Thomas Wayne Muir.

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THOMAS WAYNE MUIR

Private First Class · U.S. Army

February 14, 1951 – February 7, 1970

Service record

Thomas Wayne Muir, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 14W · Line 113

Position of Panel 14W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Power Generation Equipment Operator/Mechanic (52B)
Unit (as recorded)
1 SIGNAL BDE
Born
February 14, 1951
Home of record
Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 7, 1970
Age
18
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

20 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 14W, Line 113

Same unit, same day

From Baltimore

All 419 names from Baltimore →

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.