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MICHAEL DENNIS MUSE
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 7, 1948 – August 16, 1969
Service recordMichael Dennis Muse, of Garland, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Garland, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 51
- RODNEY DWIGHT LITTLECorporal · August 16, 1969
- CLIFFORD PAUL MCCRARYWarrant Officer 1 · August 16, 1969
- ARTURO ALBERTO NAZABAL JRSpecialist Four · August 16, 1969
- SAMUEL HENRY PIERCE JRStaff Sergeant · August 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARK W EVELANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 19W, Line 49
- CLIFFORD PAUL MCCRARYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 51
- JOHN EDWARD WIBBENSCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 52
From Garland
- VIRGIL LYNN STEPHENLance Corporal · July 19, 1965
- DANIEL GORDON ROGERSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- DAVID KEITH MONEACHICorporal · April 16, 1967
- STERLING CRAIG HENDRICKSPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- TOMMIE VAUGHN WHITEPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS BEANPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- EVERETT LEE MAXWELLPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- ASHLAND FREDERICK BURCHWELLFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1968
- LARRY DOUGLAS NEASBITTSergeant · February 20, 1968
- WILBUR LOVING MINTER JRLance Corporal · March 14, 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.