A B737-300 AFTER LNDG AND PARKING AT GATE THE R INBOARD TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS DISCOVERED MISSING. AXLE INCURRED DAMAGE.

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UPON LNDG IN ZZZ; THE INBOARD TIRE/WHEEL ASSEMBLY FOR THE R MAIN LNDG GEAR WAS MISSING. IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND AT THE END OF RWY 25L; OUR LNDG RWY. THIS WAS THE THIRD LEG OF A 5-LEG DAY IN A B737-300. ALL OPS PREVIOUS TO THIS WERE NORMAL. FLT ORIGINATED IN (CITY); WITH NORMAL PREFLT AND TKOF. NORMAL CATIII INST APCH AND LNDG IN NEXT CITY. NORMAL APCH/LNDG AND TKOF IN NEXT CITY. NORMAL APCH AND LNDG IN ZZZ. SLIGHT INCREASE IN BRAKE APPLICATION NOTICED; AND MINOR THRUST INCREASE REQUIRED FOR TAXI. UNNOTICED UNTIL ARRIVING AT GATE IN ZZZ. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 641475: THAT WAS THE END OF THE DAY FOR ME. I WAS BEING REPLACED BY A NEW FO AND I WAS DEADHEADING TO (CITY). THE FO WHO WAS DOING HIS WALKAROUND; POINTED AT THE R SIDE OF THE ACFT. HE THEN ADVISED US THAT WE WERE MISSING THE R INBOARD WHEEL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR ACN 641474 REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR WAS NOT ADVISED OF THE CAUSE OF THE LOSS OF THE TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY BUT DID FIND OUT THE AXLE WAS DAMAGED TO THE EXTENT THE STRUT PISTON WAS REPLACED.