Henry J. Muller | |
Birth Date: | 7 April 1917 |
Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | California, U.S. |
Allegiance: | United States of America |
Branch: | United States Army |
Rank: | Brigadier general |
Battles: | World War II Vietnam War |
Henry John Muller Jr. (April 7, 1917 – January 31, 2022) was an American soldier who served during World War II in the United States Army with the 11th Airborne Division between 1944 and 1945.[1] [2] During the Vietnam War, he served as assistant division commander of the 101st Airborne Division and as deputy senior adviser to the Vietnamese I Corps commander, Lieutenant General Lam.[3] Muller served as the assistant division commander of the 101st until September 12, 1969.[4]
In 2016, his wife Cathryn C. Muller died. She had studied Spanish with her husband and subsequently accompanied him on three diplomatic assignments to El Salvador, Panama, and Argentina. Cathryn Muller was a mother to Henry J. Muller III and Robert A. Muller.[5] Henry Muller died in California on January 31, 2022, at the age of 104.[6]