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JOHN DAVID MUSGROVE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
March 24, 1928 – October 4, 1965
Service recordJohn David Musgrove, of Eugene, Oregon, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 4, 1965, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 106
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- March 24, 1928
- Home of record
- Eugene, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1965
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1965; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 106
- WILLIAM WARD NICHOLS JRCaptain · October 4, 1965
- DAVID WILMER BLODGETTPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- KENNETH MONROE HYETTSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
From Eugene
- ROBERT S SHRIVER JRSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT KNAPP COLLINSCorporal · December 8, 1965
- SELWIN DEROY WISDOMLieutenant Colonel · January 17, 1966
- RONALD ARTHUR HEINTZPetty Officer Second Class · September 22, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD ANDREWSLieutenant Colonel · October 5, 1966
- JAMES WARREN CARTWRIGHTSergeant · May 23, 1967
- ARTHUR ALBERT ERWINSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- ROBERT HOMER HARDENBROOKStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- WILLIAM GUY MUIRPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
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.