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CLINTON ALLEN MUSIL SR
Captain · U.S. Army
February 1, 1940 – May 31, 1971
Service recordClinton Allen Musil SR, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1971, in Laos, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Aerial Surveillance Officer (9309)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 1, 1940
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1971
- Age
- 31
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1971. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 60
- STEVEN JOHN KEARNSSpecialist Five · May 31, 1971
- GARY JAMES SHINNSpecialist Four · May 31, 1971
- AUGUSTUS ADAMSPrivate · June 1, 1971
- GEORGE HOWARD GLAWSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JACK WALTER BRUNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3W, Line 59
- STEVEN JOHN KEARNSSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 60
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.