Memorial Day: Slinger parade honors Purple Heart recipient
Slinger Memorial Day ceremony to honor Sgt. Joseph Mueller
SLINGER, Wis. - The Memorial Day parade in Slinger was topped off with a tribute to Vietnam veteran Sgt. Joseph Mueller, who died in training in 1970.
The Washington County Insider reports Mueller was awarded the Purple Heart during the post-parade ceremony.
Sgt. Mueller was a 1965 graduate of Slinger High School. He served from February 26, 1970, to March 21, 1970.
Slinger Memorial Day ceremony to honor Sgt. Joseph Mueller
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The Washington County Insider said, "Mueller was participating in a non-combative operation. He had arrived in Vietnam 10 days earlier. Mueller was practicing grenade throwing when the soldier next to him dropped a grenade, and it exploded."
