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DENNIS RAY MASON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 6, 1943 – May 1, 1968
Service recordDennis Ray Mason, of Cushing, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 37
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Cushing, Oklahoma (Payne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 40 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 37
- RAYMOND PAUL MARKHAMHospitalman · May 1, 1968
- RICHARD D MARTINSergeant First Class · May 1, 1968
- EARNEST LEE MASON JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- MICHAEL JAY MASSEYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
From Cushing
- JERRY MONROE MCWHORTERSergeant · March 22, 1966
- RAYMOND DALE RHAMYPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- ROBERT HARRIS BRUNSLance Corporal · December 4, 1967
- ROBERT DON FAIRESSpecialist Four · January 26, 1968
- DENNIS OWEN CULLUMCorporal · May 17, 1968
- DANNY GENE WESTPrivate First Class · October 28, 1968
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.