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JOE LEO MASCARENAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 20, 1947 – November 3, 1968
Service recordJoe Leo Mascarenas, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 12
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 12
- JAMES LARRY FULLERSpecialist Four · November 3, 1968
- JAMES RAPHAEL NORRISStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1968
- BILLY JAY PITTSStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1968
- FRANKLIN WILLIE POOLEPrivate First Class · November 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN WILLIE POOLEPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 12
- BRUCE ALLEN ROBINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 13
- SHERRELL VANCE SHELTONSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 14
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
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.