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JOE RUSSELL MOSSMAN
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
June 9, 1939 – September 13, 1965
Service recordJoe Russell Mossman, of Springfield, Pennsylvania, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 13, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 82
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 72 USS INDEPENDENCE CVA 62
- Born
- June 9, 1939
- Home of record
- Springfield, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2E, Line 82
- CARROLL EUGENE FANKHAUSERLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAMS STEPHENSLance Corporal · September 13, 1965
- DONALD LUCIAN BENNETTLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
From Springfield
- BARRY TYSON BURNITESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- TIMOTHY DAVID MCHUGHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- CHARLES FRANCIS MCGRATHLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- THEODORE HUGHES BURTONFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1969
- WILLIAM GARY CHANDLERCaptain · August 11, 1972
- JOSEPH GRISAFISeaman · October 3, 1972
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.