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JOHN PATRICK MASTERSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 3, 1948 – May 25, 1968
Service recordJohn Patrick Masterson, of Rocky River, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 68W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68W · Line 6
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Rocky River, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 68W, Line 6
- DENNIS LEE MACKCorporal · May 25, 1968
- JOHN BERNARD MARCELLOSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- GUY WAYNE MARTINStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- MERL RUSSELL MEADOWSSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
From Rocky River
- THOMAS EDWARD GILLIAMLieutenant (junior grade) · August 22, 1967
- JAY STEVEN ASTONWarrant Officer 1 · July 18, 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.