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MUSETTI, JOSEPH TONY JR.
Name: Joseph Tony Musetti Jr.
Rank/Branch: E5/US Navy
Unit: Commander River Squadron 5, River Sector 51, River Patrol Boat 100
Date of Birth: 17 January 1943 (Mount Desert ME)
Home City of Record: Hall Quarry ME
Date of Loss: 28 September 1967
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 101600N 1060301E (XS150350)
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 5
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: PBR 100
Other Personnel In Incident: Gilbert J. Graham (missing)
Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 15 June 1990 from one or more of the
following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with
POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews.
REMARKS:
SYNOPSIS: Seaman Gilbert Graham and Engineman Petty Officer Second Class Joseph
Musetti were crewmembers aboard River Patrol Boat #100 assigned to Commander
River Squadron 5, River Sector 51. On the afternoon of September 28, 1967,
Graham was the forward gunner aboard PBR 100 on a routine patrol of the Mekong
River approximately five miles northeast of Vinh Long, South Vietnam. Musetti
was a boat captain.
The commander of the craft was in the process of investigating watercraft near
the mouth of a canal when it received enemy rocket fire. Three rocket rounds
struck the boat killing Graham and Musetti. The resultant explosion and fire
consumed the boat and made it impossible to remove the bodies. From the
survivors of the incident, it was determined that Graham and Musetti were killed
instantly when the rockets exploded nearby. Both crewmen were placed in
Killed/Body Not Recovered status.
In 1985, a private citizen obtained a lengthy document through the Freedom of
Information Act describing in great detail a POW camp near Hue where many
American prisoners of war were held. Details of the report were confirmed by
returned POWs who were held there. The source was shown photos of missing men
who did not return and identified several - some as "positive", and others as
"possible". On the "possible" list was the name Richard Musetti, USN. There is
no other Musetti missing.
The Department of Defense states that the source is a liar.
The two crewmembers of PBR 100 are listed with honor among the missing because
their remains were never found. Their cases seem fairly clear. For others who
are listed missing, resolution is not as simple. Many were known to have
survived their loss incident. Quite a few were in radio contact with search
teams and describing an advancing enemy. Some were photographed or recorded in
captivity. Others simply vanished without a trace.
Reports continue to mount that we abandoned hundreds of Americans to the enemy
when we left Southeast Asia. While the crewmembers of PBR 100 may not be among
them, one can imagine their proud willingness to cruise one more mile of river
to help bring them home.