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CHARLES JOSEPH L MASON
Private · U.S. Army
October 12, 1947 – September 27, 1968
Service recordCharles Joseph L Mason, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 30
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 42W, Line 30
- LEROY ALAN KINGSpecialist Five · September 27, 1968
- ROBERT EDWIN KNOLLStaff Sergeant · September 27, 1968
- EDWARD LESTER LAWTONCorporal · September 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE RICHAR MERSCHRODPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LESTER LAWTONCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 30
- PHILIP DALLAM REEDERPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 32
- VIRGIL JUNIOR WEBBCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 33
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.