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JOE JUNIOR MASK
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 11, 1943 – May 4, 1968
Service recordJoe Junior Mask, of Monette, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 37
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.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Monette, Arkansas (Craighead County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 37
- GEORGE CAROLL LETMATESergeant · May 4, 1968
- BRUCE STUART LINDSAYLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- BERNARD RICHARD MAZURSKYSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS MILLSSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ROGER BROOKSSergeant First Class · Panel 54E, Line 31
- ROLLIN DUANE DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 31
- ROBERT RAYMOND SMALLCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 40
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.