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JOHN GEORGE MASINSKI
Private · U.S. Army
February 22, 1948 – May 15, 1969
Service recordJohn George Masinski, of New York, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 18
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 22, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 18
- MICHAEL P LYDENSergeant · May 15, 1969
- ARTHUR RAY MCFARLANDFirst Lieutenant · May 15, 1969
- ANTHONY JOHN MINOTTISergeant · May 15, 1969
- ARTHUR JOSEPH MURRAY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES THOMAS COBLESergeant · Panel 24W, Line 15
- ALBERT LEWIS KOONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 17
- ARTHUR RAY MCFARLANDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 18
- ANTHONY JOHN MINOTTISergeant · Panel 24W, Line 18
- ARTHUR JOSEPH MURRAY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 24W, Line 18
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.