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WOODROW JOHN MUELLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 17, 1947 – March 9, 1967
Service recordWoodrow John Mueller, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 118 AVN CO 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 49
- ROBERT JOHN SOMMERERPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- MICHAEL FORRESTER STEARNSStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 1967
- LARRY JONATHAN WADDELLSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
From Kalamazoo
- KONSTANTINS ADOLFS LUBAVSCaptain · February 7, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1966
- STANLEY CLAUS CAMPBELLPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1966
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- WILLIAM HARRY CROSSMANPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- DAVID HARM ESMANSpecialist Four · August 28, 1967
- GEORGE ANDREW GUYPetty Officer Third Class · October 8, 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.