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JAMES JOSEPH MASOTTI
Captain · U.S. Army
March 19, 1938 – May 28, 1965
Service recordJames Joseph Masotti, of Troy, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 19, 1938
- Home of record
- Troy, New York (Rensselaer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 125
- DOYLE WILMER LYNNCommander · May 27, 1965
- PHILLIP DON CHILDERSFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1965
- DONALD JAY FILLERSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CHARLES SIGGCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 127
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 127
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · Panel 1E, Line 127
From Troy
- JOHN FRANCIS DINGWALLMaster Gunnery Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- ROBERT CHARLES FELTERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1965
- BERNARD JOSEPH WAITStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- DONALD JASON EGAN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1967
- JOSEPH LOUIS MILOSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- ROBERT MARTIN DWYERLance Corporal · May 23, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM HAWTHORNELieutenant Colonel · September 12, 1967
- STEPHEN CLARK BARRETTPetty Officer Third Class · January 25, 1968
- GLENN ROY BRUSTSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- BRUCE LEO CAREYSergeant · February 18, 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.