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CHARLES BUCKLEY MASON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 4, 1947 – May 18, 1968
Service recordCharles Buckley Mason, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 20
- BENNY JOE LEWISSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- WALLACE SYLVESTER LITTLESergeant First Class · May 18, 1968
- EUGENE KENNETH LUPEPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- DONALD RICHARD MATESergeant · May 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PETER MATHEW GUENETTESpecialist Four · Panel 62E, Line 18
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 1966
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.