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JOSEPH HENRY MUSSELMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 3, 1946 – August 20, 1969
Service recordJoseph Henry Musselman, of Millville, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 80
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Millville, New Jersey (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 80
- JIMMY LEWIS JONESPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- EDGARDO RAFAEL LATORRECorporal · August 20, 1969
- RICHARD ROBERT MCINTOSHSergeant · August 20, 1969
- FRANK RODNEY NESTORPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LOUIS CAUSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 77
- JOHN WILLIAM WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 84
From Millville
- DONALD KENNEBUNK SPRINGSTEADAHTechnical Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE SNYDERPrivate First Class · April 16, 1969
- SALUM EDWARD CHARD JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1969
- ROBERT LEE SHEPPARD JRSpecialist Four · October 7, 1969
- WALTER JOSEPH VICHOSKY JRSpecialist Four · August 6, 1971
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.