Stephen Owen Musselman

Vietnam War
UnitAttack Squadron 82
RankLieutenant U.S. Navy
Entered Service FromTexarkana Texas
Date of DeathSeptember 10 1972
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Lieutenant Musselman was a member of Attack Squadron 82, Carrier Air Wing 8 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS AMERICA (CVA-66). On September 10, 1972, he was the pilot of a Vought Attack Aircraft Corsair II (A-7C) over Nhan Dan, North Vietnam when his aircraft crashed. His remains were recovered on July 7, 1981 and identified on July 20, 1981. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.