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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Frank Frederick Musick.

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FRANK FREDERICK MUSICK

Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

April 29, 1921 – December 8, 1968

Service record

Frank Frederick Musick, of Alden, New York, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 8, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 37W · Line 68

Position of Panel 37W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
April 29, 1921
Home of record
Alden, New York (Erie County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 8, 1968
Age
47
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

59 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 37W, Line 68

From Alden

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.