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DANIEL MASON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 19, 1946 – April 22, 1968
Service recordDaniel Mason, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 31
- GEORGE PAUL KLEINStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1968
- BOYD CARL MINKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- LESTER LEWIS MOOREPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- SAMUEL MORALESSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAY WILLIAM BERG JRSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 28
- RICHARD ALLEN HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 30
- REYNALDO AYALA SANCHEZPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 30
- GEORGE PAUL KLEINStaff Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 31
- BOYD CARL MINKPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 31
- THOMAS FRANCIS NORTONPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 32
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.