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Ant1942
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Posted on: Aug 23, 2019 - 11:15am
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Hi Guys,
I am in need of assistance research wise for a possible ID on a PT uniform. Last name was Mueller and first initials were H.J. I think I might have found the vet by sheer luck as I found a Harlan J Mueller on find a grave and it says Navy vet. Found his wife obituary and while it did not say it ought right, I really think that might be the PT boat vet. Could anyone help me regarding this conformation wise as I don't have access to navy records/pt boat records and if someone does can they please help see if Harlan J Mueller born September 24th 1918 to August 18th 1993 was indeed a PT vet I would really appreciate it. Vet was from Cape Girardeau, MO by the way and his rank was Petty officer 2nd class and he was as the title suggested a torpedo man
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Jerry Gilmartin
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Posted on: Aug 24, 2019 - 8:29am
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Does the uniform have anything on it that makes you think he was a PT boater? Any pics?
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Ant1942
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Posted on: Aug 25, 2019 - 9:50am
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Well my only suspicion is that he was the only H.J. Mueller I found obituary wise that I was born in the era (1918) that would have made him eligible for WWII service, plus again it said he did in fact serve in the navy. Also the only other hunch I have is on the jumper itself and pants and duffel bag which states either Mueller, HJMU and Mueller H.J. I would love to put pictures on here to show you guys but still trying to figure out how.
Also Jerry, thanks a lot for taking the time to try and help out a little, much appreciated
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Jerry Gilmartin |
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Posted on: Aug 25, 2019 - 10:27am
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Does the Jumper have a PT Boat Patch? What sleeve is the Torpedoman rating badge on? How many stripes? Is he a Tm3/c or a TM2/c or a TM1/c? Any other details you could provide would be helpful.
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Ant1942
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Posted on: Aug 25, 2019 - 11:02am
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yep has the PT boat patch. His rank insignia TM2/c the rank insignia is on the right side and the PT Patch is on the left side
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29navy
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Posted on: Aug 25, 2019 - 1:24pm
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I don't see a Harlan J. Mueller in the listing of PT Boaters. And he doesn't show up in any muster reports. But those lists are not all inclusive. I'm sure there are a lot of names we don't have.
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Ant1942
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Posted on: Aug 25, 2019 - 2:01pm
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hey Charlie, thanks for looking. Mind if I ask where you can find PT Boat rosters/muster rolls? Also is there by any chance any Muellers that are TM2/c out there in any rosters?
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29navy
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Posted on: Aug 25, 2019 - 5:43pm
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Muster rolls are available through Ancestry.com (pay site), but unfortunately, you can only do a search on ships. They haven't indexed the shore station muster rolls so you have to do a manual search. Let me do a quick search on one place and see if I can track him.
He doesn't come up on any other ships muster reports.
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Ant1942
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Posted on: Aug 25, 2019 - 6:01pm
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Thanks alot! Really appreciate it, if nothing does pop up, its okay in the end because whoever this H.J Mueller is, ill keep his PT uniform preserved and in the end, that's the ultimate goal for many of us here (like the remembrance and honoring part of PT Vets)
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29navy
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Posted on: Aug 25, 2019 - 6:09pm
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We (PT BOATS, INC) only have 3 Muellers in our PT Boaters database, the closest is a Harold but he was a shipfitter. So far I don't see a Harlan in the training center muster reports, which was the starting point for most PT Boaters.
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