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EDMUND MACEO MASTERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 6, 1947 – December 18, 1965
Service recordEdmund Maceo Masterson, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 23
- TOMMIE GARRETTCorporal · December 18, 1965
- ROBERT ALLEN GRAYSergeant · December 18, 1965
- SAMMIE GRIFFINPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JIMMIE LYNN BROOKSSergeant First Class · Panel 4E, Line 22
- JACK ELLIOTT CLEMMONSSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 22
- JAMES EDWARD FLAGGPrivate · Panel 4E, Line 22
- WILLIAM DION MCKILLOPPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 25
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4E, Line 25
- JAMES ESCOL THOMPSONSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 26
- STUART KING TWEEDYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 27
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.