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GEORGE ADOLFO MUSSENDEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 15, 1944 – February 29, 1968
Service recordGeorge Adolfo Mussenden, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 29, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 8
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 29, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 8
- JEFFERY GURVITZFirst Lieutenant · February 29, 1968
- EDWARD EUGENE MCCLELLANSergeant · February 29, 1968
- OTIS LEE NICKPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- CEIZHAR VALE PAGCALIUAGANPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.