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KENNETH ALLEN MASON
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 2, 1948 – January 5, 1969
Service recordKenneth Allen Mason, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 39
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Spartanburg, South Carolina (Spartanburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 39
- RONNIE PAUL GRAYSONSpecialist Four · January 5, 1969
- GERALD ROBERT HORRELLPetty Officer Third Class · January 5, 1969
- HORACE JONESSpecialist Four · January 5, 1969
- RAYMOND PARKER JONESLance Corporal · January 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL CROWDERSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 37
- DAVID DAN FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 38
- LEO ALLEN GEORGEPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 38
- RAYMOND LEE SIPPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 40
From Spartanburg
- THOMAS RICE JRSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- DONALD THOMAS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- CHARLES BENJAMIN NORRISSergeant · April 21, 1966
- FRED HAROLD STILLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JAMES WESLEY CANTRELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- JERRY DEAN WORTHYSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- LEYBURN W BROCKWELL JRLieutenant Colonel · May 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWIN WOODLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JIMMIE LEWISPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- GAREY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
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.