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JAMES PHILLIP MASON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 9, 1949 – October 17, 1968
Service recordJames Phillip Mason, of De Kalb, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1949
- Home of record
- De Kalb, Illinois (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1968. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 41W, Line 69
- JOHN RAYMOND FERRAZZANOCorporal · October 17, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID FRANTZLance Corporal · October 17, 1968
- DAN ROSS MOORELance Corporal · October 17, 1968
- TIMOTHY JAMES MURPHYStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RALPH OLEN DAUGHERTY JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 41W, Line 70
From De Kalb
- RICHARD LYNN JOSSENDALLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- DALE CONNARD BREWERLance Corporal · November 29, 1967
- DAVID DONNELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1968
- JIMMIE RAY HARRISONMaster Sergeant · March 14, 1968
- MICHAEL JACK MOONAirman · May 28, 1968
- CHARLES FRANCIS LANDERSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- STEVEN GARY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · July 3, 1971
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.