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RICHARD LAVERNE MUSSER
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 12, 1948 – March 7, 1969
Service recordRichard Laverne Musser, of Middleburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 67
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Middleburg, Pennsylvania (Snyder County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 67
- CARLOS O MALDONADOLance Corporal · March 7, 1969
- ROGER JAMES MAZALSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- WILLIAM L MCCORMICKPetty Officer Second Class · March 7, 1969
- JOHN HAYDEN WESTPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID DANIEL LAYNESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 66
- JOHN SADAO OTAKESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 68
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.