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BEN OBSENIARES MASADAS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 10, 1948 – August 14, 1968
Service recordBen Obseniares Masadas, of Pittsburg, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 13
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Pittsburg, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 13
- ROBERT GEAN COOPERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- DALLAS LEMON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- STEVE DONALD LEEPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- BARRY ARTHUR MANTHEYCorporal · August 14, 1968
From Pittsburg
- RONALD EUGENE BAIRDSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- JAMES DAVID GROSSLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- DENNIS EUGENE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- JERALD LEE LAWPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- WILLARD WAYNE RIGGSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- JAMES LINDELL ADAMSStaff Sergeant · September 12, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES PHILLIPSLance Corporal · May 15, 1969
- MICHAEL THOMAS MITCHELLSergeant · July 19, 1969
- CLIFFORD NEWTON GREENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1970
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.