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MASON ERWIN RAGLAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 28, 1949 – April 25, 1970
Service recordMason Erwin Ragland, of Harahan, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 52
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Harahan, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 52
- JOSEPH LORAN NUNNSergeant · April 25, 1970
- ROBERT LIVINGSTON PIERCEWarrant Officer 1 · April 25, 1970
- JOHN ROGER POWERSSergeant · April 25, 1970
- SCOTTY HENRY RHEAPrivate First Class · April 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RICHARD MATTOXPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 51
From Harahan
- SALVADOR LOUIS MONTE JRLance Corporal · December 1, 1967
- KENNETH JOHN AINSWORTHSpecialist Five · February 2, 1968
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.