The Wall › Panel 12W › Florida › James Madison Masters JR
JAMES MADISON MASTERS JR
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
January 4, 1944 – March 16, 1970
Service recordJames Madison Masters JR, of Daytona Beach, Florida, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 16, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 7
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- January 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Daytona Beach, Florida (Volusia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 7
- HARRY CHARLEMONT MARTINLieutenant Commander · March 16, 1970
- GEORGE LEE MORNINGSTARLieutenant · March 16, 1970
- WILLIAM ARNOLD NORWOODCorporal · March 16, 1970
- JOHN THOMAS NOWAKPrivate First Class · March 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY JOSEPH ASBECKPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 12W, Line 3
- JOHN MACY BIRCHPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 12W, Line 3
- WILLIAM PETE BLETSCHPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 12W, Line 3
- HARRY CHARLEMONT MARTINLieutenant Commander · Panel 12W, Line 7
- WILLIAM JOHN RISSEChief Petty Officer · Panel 12W, Line 10
From Daytona Beach
- DAVID WESLEY BRANCHPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- RUDI HERMANN DUSCHEKSpecialist Five · April 12, 1967
- CHARLES MILLERPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CHERRYStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1967
- LEEROY ELDRED PEEKSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE PRINEFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
- RONALD ELMER JOHNSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1968
- RAYMOND ELLIS TIFFANYPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- TOMMY LEE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- ARTHUR WHORLOW SMITHSpecialist Five · April 22, 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.