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ALLAN DEAN MASTELLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 12, 1944 – February 28, 1968
Service recordAllan Dean Masteller, of Chico, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- April 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Chico, California (Butte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 74
- CHARLES OTTO SPILLMANPetty Officer First Class · February 28, 1968
- EMMETT CHARLES STANTONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- THOMAS STEGMANLieutenant Commander · February 28, 1968
- JAMES ERNEST THOMASSergeant First Class · February 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STACEY DANA REECESpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 71
- WINFIELD WALTER REIDSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 72
From Chico
- JOHN ROBERT ADAMSSergeant First Class · November 8, 1967
- FLOYD WAYNE STRANGEChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 2, 1967
- GARY RALPH SCHWELLENBACHCorporal · December 27, 1967
- MICHAEL FREDERICK WALKERPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- GARY DENNIS HOLTONSpecialist Four · July 3, 1968
- TODD LOUIS WOODSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- HARRY DANIEL SARAKOVPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- GEORGE FRANCIS TALKENLieutenant Commander · August 2, 1969
- ROY VERNON RAWLINSergeant · August 11, 1969
- ROBERT GLENN HARTMANFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 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.