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LARRY JOE MASON SR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 24, 1943 – November 24, 1968
Service recordLarry Joe Mason SR, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 50
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 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 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 50
- JOHN RICHARD LARIMOREPrivate First Class · November 24, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL LIGHTCAPLance Corporal · November 24, 1968
- LONNY LEE LOYDPrivate First Class · November 24, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH MAILLOUXPrivate First Class · November 24, 1968
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.