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MASON ALAN KEITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 1, 1948 – June 29, 1971
Service recordMason Alan Keith, of Excelsior, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1971, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 93
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Excelsior, West Virginia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1971; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 93
- ANTONIO ESTEVES-NEGRONSpecialist Five · June 29, 1971
- MICHAEL WILLIAM NICOLSpecialist Four · June 29, 1971
- WILLIAM PORTER WALTERSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1971
- HARRY THOMAS WALTON JRCorporal · June 29, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ANTONIO ESTEVES-NEGRONSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 93
- HARRY THOMAS WALTON JRCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 93
- CALVIN DOUGLAS GUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 94
From Excelsior
- RICHARD WAYNE HAYNESPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
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.