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ALFRED LEE MASON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 12, 1947 – October 27, 1967
Service recordAlfred Lee Mason, of Emporia, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 84
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Born
- April 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Emporia, Virginia (Emporia (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 84
- DENNIS HOWARD GRANTSergeant · October 27, 1967
- EDWARD ALAN MELTZERLance Corporal · October 27, 1967
- ARTHUR FRED MIRAMONTESPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- EDWARD A MOLDAVANCorporal · October 27, 1967
From Emporia
- JOHN MARSHALL MOORE JRStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1969
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.