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STEPHEN OWEN MUSSELMAN
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
December 4, 1945 – September 10, 1972
Service recordStephen Owen Musselman, of Texarkana, Texas, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on September 10, 1972, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 72
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- December 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Texarkana, Texas (Bowie County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- September 10, 1972
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1972. In September 1972, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 72
- ROBERT LEE HARLEYSpecialist Four · September 11, 1972
- JOHN LEWIS SMITHSpecialist Four · September 11, 1972
- MICHAEL PAUL RICELieutenant · September 13, 1972
- GEORGE ERNEST GILLILANDSergeant · September 14, 1972
From Texarkana
- DEANE ALVA POMEROYWarrant Officer 1 · May 30, 1964
- RICHARD EDWARD STEELMajor · November 4, 1965
- RODNEY JOSEPH WILSONSpecialist Five · September 3, 1966
- ODDIE C HAILEYSergeant · June 23, 1967
- JAMES EUGENE LAIRDSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1968
- ELMORE ROBERT SIMPSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 28, 1968
- WAYNE LYNN HARLANDSergeant · May 1, 1968
- ISAAC LEE HENDERSONCorporal · July 22, 1968
- HOWARD LEE ELDERSergeant · July 8, 1970
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.