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HAROLD EARL MUSSELMAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 1, 1949 – March 3, 1969
Service recordHarold Earl Musselman, of Centerville, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FORCE 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- May 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Centerville, Indiana (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 21
- HAROLD EDWARD CROWDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- JOSEPH NICHOLAS DECKERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- AUSTIN IVAN EDWARDSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- MICHAEL ENGLANDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
From Centerville
- STEPHEN LOUIS WRIGHTSpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
- DAVID JOE STANSBURYLance Corporal · November 26, 1968
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.