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JOSEPH ANSON MASON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1945 – March 24, 1966
Service recordJoseph Anson Mason JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 45
- ROBERT LEE MACKSergeant · March 24, 1966
- TOMAS VASQUEZ MARTINEZSergeant · March 24, 1966
- LEONARD DON MAYPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
- JOSEPH GEORGE VILLIARDCorporal · March 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MITCHELL CORNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 43
- GENERAL WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 43
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · Panel 6E, Line 44
- MICHAEL MEREDITH JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 44
- CARL HENRY JOYNERSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 44
- ALBERT MASON KEEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 44
- ROBERT LEE MACKSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 45
- LEONARD DON MAYPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 45
- JESUS ARTHUR MUNOZSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 46
- CLYDE EDWARD MURRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 46
- MICHAEL DONN SCHATZLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 46
- CARL ROY SMEADPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 46
- ROBERT EUGENE URBANOVSKYPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 46
- AL JUNIOUS CHATTINPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 47
- ALLEN G LANESergeant · Panel 6E, Line 47
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.