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MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1945 – August 20, 1965
Service recordMorris Olen Musick JR, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 20, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while Operation Starlite was under way. Operation Starlite (18–24 August 1965), on the Van Tuong peninsula south of Chu Lai, was the first regimental-size U.S. ground battle of the war. Marines attacked the 1st Viet Cong Regiment by helicopter, amphibious landing and on foot. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 64
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- NED NATALE LOSCUITOCaptain · August 20, 1965
- RONALD PAUL PETRICKCorporal · August 20, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
- THOMAS KENNETH EMMONSLance Corporal · 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.