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JAMES KEVIN MUSSELMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 5, 1950 – July 31, 1970
Service recordJames Kevin Musselman, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 31, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 73
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 73
- PHILLIP ARTHUR PAULELance Corporal · July 31, 1970
- GREGG ALLISON SMITHPrivate First Class · July 31, 1970
- GREGG FRANCIS STEIMELSergeant · July 31, 1970
- LUIS ANTONIO ALTAMIRALance Corporal · August 1, 1970
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 1966
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.