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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Gregory Allan Muszalski.

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GREGORY ALLAN MUSZALSKI

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

September 28, 1946 – February 5, 1968

Service record

Gregory Allan Muszalski, of Lemont, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 37E · Line 42

Position of Panel 37E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Imagery Analyst (96D)
Born
September 28, 1946
Home of record
Lemont, Illinois (Cook County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 5, 1968
Age
21
Province
Gia Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

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83 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1968; seven of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 37E, Line 42

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.