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WALTER MULLER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 8, 1933 – August 12, 1966
Service recordWalter Muller JR, of Galveston, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 131
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ground Mobile Forces Satcom Radio Chief (2539)
- Born
- March 8, 1933
- Home of record
- Galveston, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 131
- BLAIR CHARLTON WRYEColonel · April 22, 1966
- KENNETH BRUCE HAWLEYCorporal · August 12, 1966
- CLARENCE EDWARD JONES JRLance Corporal · August 12, 1966
- JOHN IVORY JONES JRSergeant · August 13, 1966
From Galveston
- HERMAN WILLIAM SILVEEPrivate First Class · August 1, 1965
- JOE CHARLES LILE IISpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FELIX RICO RAMOS JRLance Corporal · August 21, 1966
- RICHARD ALAN NANCEAirman First Class · October 25, 1966
- MARION LEE KEMPNERSecond Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- GREGORY C CLEMENTCaptain · February 23, 1967
- ARMANDO GALLARDOCorporal · April 24, 1967
- FRANK HENRY BERAN IIILance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- JOHN LANE WINTERSSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
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.