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WESLEY ERWIN MUELLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 28, 1950 – July 25, 1969
Service recordWesley Erwin Mueller, of Jamestown, North Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 45
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Jamestown, North Dakota (Stutsman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 45
- ARTHUR THOMAS PFEFERCaptain · July 25, 1969
- VINCENT F SABATINELLICaptain · July 25, 1969
- ALAN PAUL SANDOVALPrivate First Class · July 25, 1969
- MICHAEL LEONARD STPIERREPrivate First Class · July 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL M BARTHOLOMEWStaff Sergeant · Panel 20W, Line 42
- JOSE ALEJANDRO DELGADOCaptain · Panel 20W, Line 43
- JOHN B GAINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 43
From Jamestown
- FRED WALTER JANSONIUSPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- LESLIE LOUIS CARTERPetty Officer First Class · July 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS CLEMENS KLOSESpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
- LEON DAVID COXStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1969
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.