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VINCENT JAMES MUSCO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 28, 1947 – August 18, 1969
Service recordVincent James Musco, of Schenectady, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 62
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Schenectady, New York (Schenectady County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 62
- DAVID LEWISPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- VINCENT TOMMY MASCIALECorporal · August 18, 1969
- FRANCIS MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- DOUGLAS CARROLL MERRILLPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RICHARD BARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 58
- BOBBY RIDDLESpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 63
From Schenectady
- CHARLES G H SUMMERSSergeant · March 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS PAUL HALLOCKCorporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH GULLIVERPrivate First Class · June 29, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE HYSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CLEMENT FOSTER LAJEUNESSEGunnery Sergeant · August 31, 1967
- MICHAEL DIGNON LAYMONLance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- GEORGE BRUCE GUNNPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY PROTHEROLance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- KENNETH LLOYD FETTERSergeant · February 20, 1968
- ROBERT STUART CRAGIN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 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.