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THOMAS WILSON MUIR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 26, 1940 – April 9, 1966
Service recordThomas Wilson Muir, of Princess Anne, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1940
- Home of record
- Princess Anne, Maryland (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 95
- LEROY KOLB JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1966
- RALPH STANLEY KOROLZYKPrivate First Class · April 9, 1966
- JIMMY ROLLINGSCorporal · April 9, 1966
- HARRY DONALD WOODARDSpecialist Four · April 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY ROLLINGSCorporal · Panel 6E, Line 95
From Princess Anne
- JOHN HENRY BEAUCHAMP JRCorporal · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT LEE COTTMANCaptain · October 19, 1968
- JERONE JAMES WARNICKWarrant Officer 1 · April 15, 1969
- CARROLL THOMAS JACKSONStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1972
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.