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BOBBY G MASON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 27, 1941 – October 8, 1965
Service recordBobby G Mason, of Crestview, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 113
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1941
- Home of record
- Crestview, Florida (Okaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 113
- GEORGE COLUMBUS RODEN JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1965
- GRIJALBA HUMBERTO RONSpecialist Four · October 8, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- FRANCIS IVAN TOOPSCorporal · October 8, 1965
Same unit, same day
- RONALD MICHAEL DISTEFANOSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 112
- LEON G HOLTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2E, Line 112
- RICHARD E LYNCHPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 112
- GEORGE COLUMBUS RODEN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 113
- GRIJALBA HUMBERTO RONSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 113
From Crestview
- JOHNNY WAYNE GOULDStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1967
- EDWARD CHARLES MCGRATHSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- CHARLES MICHAEL CHESSHERPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- JAMES HAYES HALLCorporal · November 30, 1968
- HOLLEY DEWITT MATTHEWSStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1969
- PAUL EDWIN STROUSEPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- ROLAND FORREST DIPOLOPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- FREDERICK LEE FIELDSSpecialist Four · November 30, 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.