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HAROLD MASON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 22, 1947 – May 29, 1968
Service recordHarold Mason JR, of Hempstead, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Hempstead, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. 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 63W, Line 9
- TRISTAL MACIASCorporal · May 29, 1968
- CLIFFORD B MARTIN JRHospitalman · May 29, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSHUA MOSESLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- JOAQUIN NERIS-APONTEStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- OBBIE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 63W, Line 8
From Hempstead
- ALBERT PITTLieutenant Colonel · January 24, 1966
- JOHNNY HARRISONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- HARRY EDWARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- ROBERT STANLEY LISZCZSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- JOHN ZUPANPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- ALAIN JOSEPH TREMBLAYSergeant First Class · July 7, 1968
- JOHN GERARD COULON JRFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1968
- WILLIAM RONALD LARKINPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- DONALD ARTHUR LAPESFirst Lieutenant · July 18, 1969
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BROULLONMajor · September 8, 1969
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.