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RICHARD FRANK MUSTO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 17, 1945 – October 29, 1966
Service recordRichard Frank Musto, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 127
- TIMOTHY JAMES MEEKERCorporal · October 29, 1966
- DANIEL BENSON NOLFFPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- DENNIS GALE OLSONPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- ULISES ORTIZ-COLONPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CARROLL DAVID ABBOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 125
- ROBERT DANIEL BENTONPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 125
- PHILLIP RODNEY COLEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 126
- RAYMOND DOSSSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 126
- WILLIAM GRANVILLE MANSFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 126
- DANIEL BENSON NOLFFPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 127
- RAYMOND PEARL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 128
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.