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TOM RICHARD MUELLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1947 – February 1, 1969
Service recordTom Richard Mueller, of Seymour, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 33
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Seymour, Wisconsin (Outagamie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 33
- DONALD ALFRED LUNALieutenant Colonel · February 1, 1969
- NEIL HOWARD MACKILLOPSpecialist Four · February 1, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD NICHOLSCaptain · February 1, 1969
- MICHAEL PHILLIP RICEPrivate First Class · February 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY GENE CURTISSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 30
- STEPHEN RAY KUTSCHBACHSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 32
- FREDERICK SCHMITTSergeant First Class · Panel 33W, Line 34
- JAMES EDWARD TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33W, Line 35
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.